Response to ‘Shaping Future Support’ by Mo Stewart
“The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are immune to the amount of human suffering created since the adoption
Continue readingResponse to ‘Shaping Future Support’ by Mo Stewart
“The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are immune to the amount of human suffering created since the adoption
Continue readingResponse to ‘Shaping Future Support’ by Mo Stewart
By John Pring Disability News Service 26th April 2018 A consultation event set up by MPs to produce recommendations from
Continue readingSocial care ‘citizens’ assembly’ set up by MPs omits DPOs from panel of experts
By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 The new minister for disabled people is facing criticism over her
Continue readingNew minister for disabled people criticised by her local DPO over voting record
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 November 25th 2016 The chancellor has shocked disabled activists by ignoring the
Continue readingChancellor’s social care and WRAG omissions ‘show contempt for disabled people’
15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ A string of activists, academics, politicians and journalists have welcomed the publication of a new
Continue readingDisabled researcher’s book exposes ‘corporate demolition of welfare state’
August 28th 2016 By Mo Stewart “Stewart names names. She shows where and how the policies originated. She destroys
The Department of Health has been heavily criticised for downgrading the seniority of the minister in charge of adult social
Continue readingDowngrading social care minister ‘is serious backward step’
A company controlled by the disgraced US outsourcing giant Maximus apparently lied when it promised that user-led organisations would help
Continue readingMaximus company ‘lied’ about user-involvement in inspection contracts
A campaigning alliance has called for disabled people and their organisations to join its fight to use the UN disability
Continue readingROFA’s conference hears call to build a stronger alliance
Campaigners and experts say they fear that Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) could have serious consequences for
Continue readingBrexit vote: Fear and uncertainty over impact of EU exit
Most mental health service-users are still deeply divided about identifying with the social model of disability, but still favour moving
Continue readingReport finds support for efforts to find a social model of mental distress