Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 The mother of a disabled man who starved to death
Continue readingMother of ‘fit for work’ victim calls for ministers to face criminal charges
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 The Green Party has written to work and pensions secretary Damian
Continue readingGreen Party calls on government to launch benefit deaths inquiry
By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 Disabled activists have told MPs and peers
Continue readingMPs hear of activists’ anger and frustration over ministers’ response to UN report
By John Pring Disability News Service 12th January 2017 The prime minister has been accused of hypocrisy, after making
Continue readingMay’s mental health speech ‘is smokescreen to hide damage of welfare reform’
By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd November 2016 Lawyers for the sister of a disabled man who died after
Continue readingCoroner asked to explain failure to hold inquest into benefit sanctions death
By Dr Sarah Glynn SUWN 1stNov 2016 Ahead of the IdeaSpace event in Glasgow this week, Dr Sarah Glynn of
Continue readingDr Sarah Glynn: Why we must resist the ‘work cure’
By John Pring Disability News Service Oct 28th 2016 A coroner has refused to hold an inquest into the
Continue reading‘Grave concern’ over coroner’s refusal to hold inquest into Maximus WRAG death
13th October 2016 By John Pring -Disability News Service A disabled activist has told a parliamentary committee that
Continue readingMSPs hear call for government to ‘speak out more forcefully’ on WCA deaths
By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016 Iain Duncan Smith has denied responsibility for the deaths of
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 29th 2016 A Labour government would replace the “discredited” fitness
Continue readingLabour conference: Abrahams says party will scrap WCA… but not sanctions
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 21st 2016 The sister of a man driven to suicide
Continue reading‘Fit for work’ suicide man’s sister tried to take her own life after DWP ordeal
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’
15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ “Very disturbing” new government figures show a steep fall in the proportion of
Continue readingESA figures show ‘very disturbing’ drop in number placed in support group
11th September 2016 a feature article by – Mo Stewart As a concept, it’s extraordinary. As a political policy, it’s a killer.
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to consider
Continue readingBenefit claimants die as DWP staff keep failing to follow suicide guidelines
August 28th 2016 By Mo Stewart “Stewart names names. She shows where and how the policies originated. She destroys
August 25th 2016 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to publish nine secret reviews into the deaths
Continue readingDWP hides seven secret benefit suicide reviews
4th August 2016 John Pring A physiotherapist took just 35 minutes to carry out a face-to-face assessment that led to
Continue readingDocuments show WCA suicide death mirrored 2010 tragedy
John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 28 July 2016 The parents of a disabled man who took his
One of the two prospective candidates to challenge UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been accused over his record
Continue readingOwen Smith challenged over disability record