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DWP’s ‘disrepute’ contract clause ‘is proof charities cannot be trusted’

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By John Pring Disability News Service 26th April 2018 The decision of some disability charities to sign contracts that prevent them criticising the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is proof that they cannot be trusted to speak up on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Benefits Consortium, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equal Lives, Inclusion London, Ingeus, Leonard Cheshire Disability(LCD), Maximus, MInd, Pluss, Remploy, RNIB, ROFA, Royal Association of Deaf People (RADP), Shaw Trust, Sisters of Frida, Tory. Tories, Universal Credit, Work & Health programme | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, John Pring, Politics, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

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

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By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Disabled campaigners have welcomed a report by MPs on disability benefit assessments, which they say highlights “serious multiple failures”, but many believe it should have done more to highlight the serious … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Debbie Abrahams, DRUK, Inclusion London, John McArdle, John McDonnell, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Maggie Zolobajluk, Mo Stewart, ROFA | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, Scottish politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Summit hears calls on direct action, assessment boycotts and hate crime

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By John Pring Disability News Service 9th November 2017 A new handbook on direct action, a national day of action on inclusive education, and a call for healthcare professionals to boycott disability benefit assessments were among campaign ideas suggested by … Continue reading →

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Posted in ADAPT (USA), DAN, ROFA, Sean McGovern, TUC | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, welfare state | Leave a reply

National summit set to build new alliances and ‘reinvigorate’ the movement

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  By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017 Organisers of a national “summit meeting” of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), grassroots campaigns and trade unions hope it will “reinvigorate” the disability movement. The National Disabled People’s Summit is being … Continue reading →

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Posted in Debbie Jolly, Eleanor Firman., Ellen Clifford, Inclusion London, Marsha de Cordova, Robert Dellar, ROFA, Sisters of Frida, Sophie Partridge | Tagged Austerity, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Labour, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

DPOs consider boycott of government engagement over ‘misrepresentation’ at UN

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By John Pring Disability News Service September 7th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are to consider boycotting any engagement with the UK government, after it misrepresented their views to a UN committee of human rights experts. The UN committee on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Black Triangle Campaign, British Deaf Association, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, Equal Lives, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, ROFA, Sisters of Frida, Tories, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, Society, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

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  By Steven Naysmith  http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15508062.UK_Government_cuts_driving_disabled_people_into_poverty__key_UN_committee_says/ Reblogged DISABLED people are dying as a result of austerity measures and discrimination, campaigners have claimed, after the UK Government was sharply criticised by a United Nations watchdog committee. Equal Lives chief executive Mark Harrison said: “In … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, John McArdle, ROFA, Sally Witcher | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Human rights, Politics, Scottish politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 1 Reply

My disability abortion bill could halt Britain’s slide towards eugenics, says Tory peer

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By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd August 2017   A disabled peer has warned that Britain could be heading towards becoming a “eugenic” society if parliament does not agree to update abortion laws to make it illegal to discriminate … Continue reading →

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Posted in Lord Shinkwin, ROFA, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Government’s UN response ‘exposes failings on disability convention’

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By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 The government has ignored key evidence that demonstrates widespread breaches of the UN disability convention, according to disabled people’s grassroots groups and organisations that are working together to expose its failings. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, Ellen Clifford, Inclusion Scotland, Linda Burnip, ROFA, UNCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, Society, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

DPOs join forces to brief UN on how UK has breached disability convention

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  By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017   Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have come together to tell a UN committee the different ways in which the UK government has been breaching the UN Convention on the Rights … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Black Mental Health UK, Black Triangle Campaign, British Deaf Association, Disability Action NI, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, Equal Lives, European Disability Forum, Human Rights, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, International Disability Alliance, LIz Sayce, People First Scotland, ROFA, Spectrum Centre for Independant Living, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Human rights, John Pring, Scotland, Scottish politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

National DPOs forced to withdraw report sent to UN over benefit deaths evidence

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By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 Three national disabled people’s organisations have withdrawn a report they submitted to the United Nations, after admitting that it failed to speak out strongly enough on links between the government’s welfare … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, CRPD, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, EHRC, Equal Lives, Future Events & Protests, Human Rights, Inclusion Scotland, ROFA, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations | Tagged Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

MPs hear of activists’ anger and frustration over ministers’ response to UN report

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        By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 Disabled activists have told MPs and peers of their frustration at not being able to hold the government to account for its “grave or systematic” breaches of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, CRPD, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Jonathan Bartley, Lib Dems, Maximus, Penny Mourdant, ROFA, SNP, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

ROFA’s conference hears call to build a stronger alliance

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A campaigning alliance has called for disabled people and their organisations to join its fight to use the UN disability convention to defend attacks on their rights by the UK government. The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) was holding its … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living, Equal Lives, People First (Self Advocacy, Peter Beresford, ROFA, Shaping our Lives, UKDPC | Tagged Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Equality, John Pring | Leave a reply

Delayed UN examination of UK government ‘will take place next year’

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Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they need to prepare a “hard-hitting” report on the government’s failure to implement the UN disability convention. The Reclaiming Our Futures … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, CRPD, Disability Wales, DRUK, EHRC, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, ROFA, Sisters of Frida, UKCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Equality, Human rights, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

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