Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018 The government is finally set to publish a long-awaited review of
Continue readingCampaign’s legal threat forces government pledge on election access fund decision
Responding to the Spring Statement, John McDonnell, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor said: Let me thank the Chancellor for providing me
Continue readingSpring statement: “As always the harshest cuts are falling on disabled people”
By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Disabled campaigners have welcomed a report by MPs on disability benefit
Continue readingBenefit assessment report welcomed, but concern over ‘preventable harm’ failings
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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Image Courtesy of The Mirror By John Pring Disability New Service 11th January 2018 The minister for disabled people
Continue readingMinister hid judges’ criticism of McVey from MPs, hours after shock appointment
By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 “Indisputable” new research has linked government cuts in adult social care
Continue readingResearch linking care cuts to 120,000 deaths ‘is fresh evidence austerity kills’
By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 A disabled student has told Labour’s annual party conference that she
Continue readingLabour conference: Student forced to crowdfund pain-free wheelchair
By John Pring Disability News Service September 2017 A shadow cabinet member has supported calls by party members for Labour
Continue readingLabour conference: Vote means party must rethink approach to social security cuts
By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 A newly-elected MP has accused the government of putting its “head
Continue readingLabour conference: New disabled MP pledges to fight government’s assault on rights
By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 Disabled party activists have expressed shock and outrage after the Labour
Continue readingLabour conference: Shock and outrage over Field’s minimum wage comments
By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has called for nurses and
Continue readingLabour conference: Benefit assessment nurses must be held to account, says Abrahams
By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 A leading disabled activist has asked the head of one of
By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 Labour is facing concerted pressure to put an end to years
Continue readingLabour conference: Members accuse party of years of ‘blatant discrimination’
By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 A Labour MP is to push for a Commons debate on
Continue readingLabour MP to push for action on widespread claims of PIP assessment lies
Image DNS By John Pring Disability News Service 21st July 2017 A newly-elected disabled MP has said that she would
Continue readingDisabled MP credits mainstream education for new parliamentary career
By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for disabled people themselves to be given
Image Courtesy of The Star By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 A newly-elected disabled MP is calling
Continue readingJared O’Mara calls for action on bullying and harassment by MPs
By John Pring Disability News Service June 29th 2017 A crossbench disabled peer has called for an end to
Continue readingCrossbench disabled peer calls for an end to austerity, and the misery it has caused
By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd June 2017 A coroner has declined to explain why he failed to take
Continue readingShock after inquest ignores ‘fitness for work’ and jobcentre concerns