Labour Party – Black Triangle Campaign

DRUK, Eleanor Lisney AOEF, Equality Act, Labour Party, Lib Dems, LIz Sayce, More United, The Government Equalities Office (GEO)

Campaign’s legal threat forces government pledge on election access fund decision

May 3, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018 The government is finally set to publish a long-awaited review of

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John McDonnell, Labour Party

Spring statement: “As always the harshest cuts are falling on disabled people”

March 14, 2018 JJ

Responding to the Spring Statement, John McDonnell, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor said: Let me thank the Chancellor for providing me

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Black Triangle Campaign, Debbie Abrahams, DRUK, Inclusion London, John McArdle, John McDonnell, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Maggie Zolobajluk, Mo Stewart, ROFA

Benefit assessment report welcomed, but concern over ‘preventable harm’ failings

February 15, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Disabled campaigners have welcomed a report by MPs on disability benefit

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Deidre Brock, Labour Party, Marsha de Cordova, Sarah Newton MP

PIP Back Payment Debate Today

January 30, 2018 JJ

PIP Back Payments Commons Debate Tuesday 30th January 2018 Previous PIP Back Payments 30 January 2018 1.52 pm Marsha De

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Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, John McDonnell, Labour Party, OCAP

Basic Income In The Neoliberal Age

January 14, 2018January 14, 2018 JJ

Reblogged Deepest thanks to Socialist Project for working with us in OCAP to put out this pamphlet. It

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Ian Lucas MP, ILF Fund, Labour Party, Marsha de Cordova, Nathan Lee Davies, Patricia Gibson MP, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People, SNP, Tories, Tory. Tories

Minister hid judges’ criticism of McVey from MPs, hours after shock appointment

January 11, 2018 JJ

Image Courtesy of The Mirror By John Pring Disability New Service 11th January 2018 The minister for disabled people

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Black Triangle Campaign, John McArdle, Johnathan Ashworth, Labour Party, Peter Beresford, Shaping our Lives, Social Care

Research linking care cuts to 120,000 deaths ‘is fresh evidence austerity kills’

November 17, 2017November 19, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 “Indisputable” new research has linked government cuts in adult social care

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Disability Labour, Labour Party, NHS, Rebecca Boot, UNCRPD, Wheelchair

Labour conference: Student forced to crowdfund pain-free wheelchair

October 2, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 A disabled student has told Labour’s annual party conference that she

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Anne Pridmore, Caroline Ellis, Debbie Abrahams, Disability Rights Commisiion, DRUK, Kate Green, Labour Party

Labour conference: Vote means party must rethink approach to social security cuts

October 2, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service September 2017 A shadow cabinet member has supported calls by party members for Labour

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Action for Blind People, Conservatives, CRPD, Disability Confident, Disability Labour, Labour Party, Marsha de Cordova, Thomas Pocklington Trust

Labour conference: New disabled MP pledges to fight government’s assault on rights

October 2, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 A newly-elected MP has accused the government of putting its “head

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Debbie Abrahams, Disability Labour, Frank Field, Jared O'Mara, Kate Green, Labour Party, Learning Disability England, Marsha de Cordova

Labour conference: Shock and outrage over Field’s minimum wage comments

October 2, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 Disabled party activists have expressed shock and outrage after the Labour

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Atos, Capita, Debbie Abrahams, Disability Labour, DWP, Labour Party, Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

Labour conference: Benefit assessment nurses must be held to account, says Abrahams

October 2, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has called for nurses and

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Debbie Abrahams, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Labour Party, Mark Serwotka, Paula Peters, PCS

Labour conference: Call for union action over DWP staff who ‘take pleasure in sanctions’

October 2, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 A leading disabled activist has asked the head of one of

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Anne Pridmore, Disability Labour, Labour Party, Louise Reecejones, Party Participation and Disabled People (PPDP)

Labour conference: Members accuse party of years of ‘blatant discrimination’

October 2, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 Labour is facing concerted pressure to put an end to years

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Atos, Capita, DRUK, DWP, Inclusion London, Labour Party, Neil Coyle, Work and Pensions Select Committee

Labour MP to push for action on widespread claims of PIP assessment lies

August 10, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 A Labour MP is to push for a Commons debate on

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Disabled MP credits mainstream education for new parliamentary career

July 22, 2017 JJ

Image DNS By John Pring Disability News Service 21st July 2017 A newly-elected disabled MP has said that she would

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Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, HOC, Human Rights, ILF Fund, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Labour Party, UN, UNCRPD, Winvisible

McDonnell calls for disabled-led solution to care crisis, as DPAC occupies parliament

July 22, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for disabled people themselves to be given

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Action on Hearing Loss, Business Disability Forum, Debbie Abrahams, Disability Politics UK, Jared O'Mara, Labour Party, National Autistic Society, ParliAble

Jared O’Mara calls for action on bullying and harassment by MPs

July 22, 2017 JJ

Image Courtesy of The Star By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 A newly-elected disabled MP is calling

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Conservatives, DWP, Human Rights, I Daniel Blake, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Lord Colin Low

Crossbench disabled peer calls for an end to austerity, and the misery it has caused

June 30, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service June 29th 2017 A crossbench disabled peer has called for an end to

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Conservatives, DWP, HMC, John McDonnell, Ken Loach, Labour Party, Maximus, WCA Deaths, Winvisible, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Shock after inquest ignores ‘fitness for work’ and jobcentre concerns

June 23, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd June 2017 A coroner has declined to explain why he failed to take

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'Down With All That' In-depth background reading on the shambles of the (rapidly disappearing) welfare state

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Double Karma Ania Waterman’s blog on everything to do with disabled people’s activism

Down With All That Bigleyma’s excellent blog that chronicles the farce that the WCA assessments are and the major players involved in it’s execution.

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Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty Practical advice and solidarity for all those facing benefit difficulties and hardship. Excellent campaigning organisation

Good Advice Matters Guides that haven been produced in an effort to simplify the various processes involved when trying to claim benefits.

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Ouch Too A disability support forum founded from the ashes of the BBC’s Ouch Board after they closed it.

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Rolling with the Punches Blog “33 year old with lupus since 17 and a variety of other weird awkward symptoms!” Campaigner who co-authored the Spartacus Report

soiniciulacht – 'Taking the fight to this Morally Disabled Government' Cuts right to the heart of all that’s wrong with the neoliberal tyranny we endure today …

Solidarity Federation Advice on what to do if you ‘fail’ your DWP/ATOS Work Capability Assessment

The Broken of Britain Non-partisan UK-based Disability campaign. Advocacy for people with invisible illness and/or physical & mental health conditions. Also Carers, their Families and Friends. Our individual voices are too quiet to be heard, but collectively we can shout

The Dawn Willis Blog Dawn Willis sharing the news & views of the “Mentally Wealthy”

The New Republic The daily tabloid of the “Age of Austerity”

The Void Narking off the state since 2005

Unum Insurance Blog An excellent website that exposes advisor to the UK Government on welfare reform, Unum, for what they are.

Using the Law to Fight Cuts to Disabled People’s Services A practical guide for campaigners – disabled people and their families; carers and local groups (Updated July 2012)

Victims of Atos Corrupton They tried to silence Atos Register of Shame and it back as Victims of Atos Corruption.

Where's the Benefit A blog on all things that affect sick and/or disabled people under the ConDem jackboot

Why Wait Forever – DWP ATOS Veterans An amazing website containing interesting detailed research carried out by Mo Stewart into Atos & Unum Insurance

YOUR CALL – National Freephone Telephone Counselling Service for Disabled People in Scotland This is the first service of its kind in the UK. The service takes calls to its appointment line from 11am until 3 pm Mondays to Thursdays. Calls are free from a home telephone, and from most mobile networks(including T-Mobile, Vodaphone, O2, 3, Orange a

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