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Response to ‘Shaping Future Support’ by Mo Stewart

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  “The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are immune to the amount of human suffering created since the adoption

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Letter calls on GP body to denounce DWP’s ‘fit for work coercion’

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By John Pring  Disability News Service 26th April 2018 The national membership body for GPs is facing calls for it

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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

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Government’s suicide prevention boss refuses to call for action on ESA risk stats

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By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 The head of the government’s national suicide prevention strategy has refused

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MPs refuse to explain failure to quiz minister on ESA suicide stats

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By John Pring Disability News Service 11th January 2018 Nine MPs on a Commons committee are refusing to explain why

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Backlash over ‘terrible insult’ of McVey’s DWP appointment

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    By John Pring Disability News Service 11th January 2018 Campaigners have reacted furiously to the decision to appoint

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Murdered disabled refugee ‘was repeatedly failed by council and police’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 A disabled refugee who was murdered after years of racist

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Expert chosen by DWP appears to suggest scrapping ‘fitness for work’ test

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By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 The occupational health expert chosen by the government to review its

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Fury over MPs’ refusal to quiz minister on ‘staggering’ WCA suicide figures

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By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017   “Furious” disabled campaigners have attacked MPs on a Commons committee

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Shocking’ NHS stats show nearly half ESA claimants have attempted suicide

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By John Pring Disability News Service November 30th 2017 “Shocking” NHS statistics have revealed that almost half of the people

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New minister for disabled people criticised by her local DPO over voting record

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By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 The new minister for disabled people is facing criticism over her

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Research linking care cuts to 120,000 deaths ‘is fresh evidence austerity kills’

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By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 “Indisputable” new research has linked government cuts in adult social care

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