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

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Image Courtesy of  The Mirror   By John Pring Disability New Service 11th January 2018 The minister for disabled people has refused to apologise for misleading MPs about a court of appeal judgment that was highly critical of her new … Continue reading →

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Posted in 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 | Tagged Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, John Pring, Labour, Scottish politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Mordaunt misleads MPs… again

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 12th October 2017 The minister for disabled people has again misled MPs, after she claimed that the UK had “volunteered” to take part in a public UN examination which concluded that her government’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, CRPD, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Marsha de Cordova, Motobility, Penny Mordaunt, PIP, Tories, UNCRPD, United Nations, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Labour, Politics, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 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

UK faces UN examination: DPOs ‘delighted’ with exposure of government’s failings

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  By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations who travelled to Geneva this week to help highlight the government’s continuing human rights violations have praised a UN committee of disabled experts for publicly exposing the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Conservatives, CRPD, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, Ellen Clifford, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, ODI, Rhian Davies, Sally Witcher, Tories, Tracey Lazard, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations | 2 Replies

Universal credit rules ‘could bar many disabled students from university’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd August 2017   Many disabled students could effectively be barred from higher education because of the introduction of the government’s new universal credit, according to MPs and peers who have written to … Continue reading →

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Posted in DRUK, DWP, Jared O'Mara, Tories, Universal Credit | Tagged Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Politics, UK news, Universal Credit, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

New disabled MP accuses government of ‘eugenics’

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Picture Courtesy of Guardian   By John Pring Disability News Service 6th July 2017 A newly-elected disabled MP has accused the Conservative government of introducing policies inspired by “eugenics” in the hope that disabled people will “suffer and die”. Labour’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access to Elected Office Fund, Black Triangle Campaign, Chris Grayling, Conservatives, Disability Discrimination, Disability Labour, Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living, DWP, Euthanasia, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, ILF Fund, Jared O Mara, Jared O'Mara, Paces, Tories, Tory, UKCRPD, UN, UNCRPD, WCA Deaths | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Disabled people ‘have too little awareness of rights’ in lead-up to Brexit

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By John Pring Disability News Service June 29th 2017   A new report has called for greater awareness of the rights enjoyed by disabled people through the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU), as the country moves towards Brexit. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Action On Disability, Breakthrough UK, Center of Disability Studies, Conservatives, Disability Law Hub, Disability Wales, DRUK, Inclusion Scotland, Independant lives, Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living, LIz Sayce, Real, Shaping our Lives, Spectrum, Spectrum Centre for Independant Living, Spinal Injuries Association, Tories, UN, UNCRPD, York Independant Living Network | Tagged Austerity, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Anger, resignation… and optimism in wake of general election result

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By John Pring Disability News Service  14th June 2017 Disabled activists have reacted with a mixture of anger, resignation and optimism to a general election that saw the Conservatives lose their parliamentary majority. Some believe that a resurgent Labour party … Continue reading →

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservative Disability Group, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, Debbie Abrahams, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Equal Lives, Shaping our Lives, Spartacus Network, Tories, Tory, UKCRPD | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, Society | Leave a reply

UK General Election: Why disabled people oppose the Tories ~ And need your help

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Video: A woman with learning difficulties has accosted Theresa May while the prime minister was on a walkabout in an Oxfordshire market. ‘UK General Election: Why disabled people oppose the Tories’ By Linda Burnip DPAC in New Internationalist Thursday 1st … Continue reading →

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Blog, BMA, British Medical Association, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, Damien Green, Disability Discrimination, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, GE17, GE2017, General Election, Human Rights, I Daniel Blake, Ian Duncan Smith, Labour Party, Linda Burnip, Lord David Freud, PIP, PIP Deaths, Social Care, Tories, Tory, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations, Universal Credit, WCA Deaths, Winvisible, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, WOW Campaign, WOW Petition | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equality, foodbanks, Health, Iain Duncan Smith, Labour, PIP, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | 1 Reply

#CripTheVoteUK #GE2017: #SNP calls on next government to follow Scotland’s lead on benefits

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The SNP has called on the next UK government to follow Scotland’s lead in protecting disabled people from social security cuts.  The SNP general election manifesto, published this week, says the party will fight to end the “appalling Tory welfare … Continue reading →

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Blog, CRPD, GE17, GE2017, General Election, Inclusion Scotland, Maximus, Penny Mordaunt, PIP, Tories, Tory, UN, UNCRPD, Universal Credit, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Human rights, PIP, Scotland, Scottish National Party, Scottish politics, SNP, SNP Manifesto, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

#CripTheVoteUK #GE2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation of disabled people

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  Election 2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 1st June 2017   THE TORY minister for disabled people has failed to oppose the idea of forcing disabled people into institutions against their … Continue reading →

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Black Triangle News, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, CRPD, DWP, Equal Lives, GE17, GE2017, General Election, Ian Duncan Smith, ILF Fund, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Labour Party, Penny Mordaunt, Shaping our Lives, Spectrum Centre for Independant Living, Tories, Tory, UN, United Nations | Tagged disability rights, Human rights, ILF, Independent Living Fund, Right to Independent Living, save ilf, UNCRPD, UNCRPD Investigation | Leave a reply

#GE2017 “I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government” ~ Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) Consultant Breast Cancer Surgeon

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“I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government – and that so many others will simply stand back and not vote at all” ~ Surgeon Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP)

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Access To work, Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Boycott Workfare, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, CRPD, Damien Green, Disability Discrimination, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, GE17, GE2017, General Election, General Medical Council, General Practice, GP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, NHS, Penny Mourdant, Penny Mourdaunt, PIP, PIP Deaths, Scottish Mental Welfare Commission, Shaping our Lives, SNP, Social Care, Tories, Tory, UC, UN, United Nations, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, Work Programme | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Labour, PIP, Scotland, Scottish politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare, Yes Scotland | Leave a reply

Nobody is Unfit for Work

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  What you will read may be very distressing for you, but we are looking at the worst-case scenario and identifying measures to help you and other claimants. It would be good to have some feedback on the Health and … Continue reading →

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Posted in BMA, Conservative Disability Group, CRIP The Vote UK, Damien Green, Debbie Abrahams, Disability Confident, Disability Labour, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equality Act, GMC, Health and Care professions Council HCPC, Human Rights, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Labour Party, Linda Burnip, Lord David Freud, Maximus, Penny Mourdant, Tories, UC, Universal Credit, Work & Health programme, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, Work Programme | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equality, Human rights, UNCRPD, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Shock as Universal Credit rules treat sick as ‘fit for all work-related activity’ – against GPs explicit orders

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By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 25 May 2017 Activists ‘horrified’ by universal credit rules forcing sick claimants into work activity   “Very dangerous” rules are forcing severely-ill people applying for the government’s new universal credit to look for jobs … Continue reading →

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Blog, BMA, British Medical Association, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, GE17, GE2017, General Election, General Medical Council, General Practice, GMC, GP, Human Rights, I Daniel Blake, Ken Loach, Labour Party, Penny Mourdant, SNP, Suicide Crisis, Tories, Tory, UC, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations, Universal Credit, WCA Deaths, Work & Health programme, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, Work Programme | 8 Replies

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