University apologises after asking social model critic to deliver first ‘Finkelstein lecture’
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th November 2017 A university has been forced to remove the name of a
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In confronting Theresa May, Kathy has spoken up for all Britain’s disabled people
Play Current Time0:13 / Duration Time1:12 Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% Fullscreen Mute Voter confronts Theresa May over disability benefit cuts
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There are 13 million disabled people in Britain. If we don’t vote together, the DWP will tighten the screws on us
Reblogged from Independant Journalist James Moore April 21st 2017 Scope, the charity for disabled people, tweeted an interesting number
COMMENT:Long-awaited peer reviews suggest ministers failed to act after deaths of ‘vulnerable’ claimants
By John Pring Disability News Service Saturday 14th May 2016 After 21 months of smokescreens, excuses, obstruction and secrecy, work
Wheelchair taxi rules will finally come into force… after 20 years
A report by peers on the impact of equality legislation on disabled people appears to have secured its first success,
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British Disability Rights Abuses: ‘UK Government Refuses to Accept Responsibility for Crimes Against Humanity’ – a report by Mo Stewart
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Personal Independence Payments are a Punishment of the Poor and Ill
PIP should be a national scandal: Iain Duncan Smith’s new system already has a huge backlog and people are dying waiting … Continue readingPersonal Independence Payments are a Punishment of the Poor and Ill
Letter to The Guardian: ‘Grim toll of the government’s fit-for-work tests’ ~ Black Triangle, DPAC, Inclusion London & Others
BLACK TRIANGLE, DPAC & OTHERS LETTER TO THE GUARDIAN: ‘The UK government and opposition should follow the Scottish government’s pledge that private for-profit companies are removed entirely from having anything to do with the assessment of disabled people.’ … Continue readingLetter to The Guardian: ‘Grim toll of the government’s fit-for-work tests’ ~ Black Triangle, DPAC, Inclusion London & Others
MAKE NO MISTAKE: Iain Duncan Smith wants the end of social security
Don’t let the bluster, incompetence and misinformation obscure the Quiet Man’s true, Tory purpose: destroying the welfare safety net … Continue readingMAKE NO MISTAKE: Iain Duncan Smith wants the end of social security
At last, a report that skewers Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare policies
We Are Spartacus releases its ‘almanac of condemnation’, a devastating critique of welfare reforms backed with case studies … Continue readingAt last, a report that skewers Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare policies
The Long Journey to Yes
My name is Cindie Reiter, I’m one of those “New Scots” you hear people talking about from time to time, and I’m going to vote Yes in 2014. … Continue readingThe Long Journey to Yes
Pauper management by G4S, Serco and Atos is inspired by a punitive past
The coaltion’s use of private companies to manage the most vulnerable amongst us is inspired by half a millennium of Poor Laws … Continue readingPauper management by G4S, Serco and Atos is inspired by a punitive past
‘Can’t work through stress? Tough luck if you are poor’ ~ An exhausted banker gets unlikely sympathy from the City. Atos shows no sign of following this example
An exhausted banker gets unlikely sympathy from the City. Atos shows no sign of following this example … Continue reading‘Can’t work through stress? Tough luck if you are poor’ ~ An exhausted banker gets unlikely sympathy from the City. Atos shows no sign of following this example
How the SNP can still win the vote for an independent Scotland: The Yes camp can turn the debate around by focusing on the dismantling of the welfare state south of the border
The YES Scotland campaign can turn the debate around by focusing on the dismantling of the welfare state south of the border … Continue readingHow the SNP can still win the vote for an independent Scotland: The Yes camp can turn the debate around by focusing on the dismantling of the welfare state south of the border
It’s immoral to have food banks in one of the world’s richest countries: “These ‘genetically poor’ folk are returning food because they cannot afford to heat it up”
‘Genetically poor’ folk are returning food from the foodbank because they cannot afford to heat it up … Continue readingIt’s immoral to have food banks in one of the world’s richest countries: “These ‘genetically poor’ folk are returning food because they cannot afford to heat it up”
‘The Tories are creating a hostile environment – not just for migrants’ : It doesn’t matter if policies work – only that they come down hard on “malingerers” and migrants
With an election not far away, it doesn’t matter if policies work – only that they come down hard on “malingerers” and migrants, writes John Harris … Continue reading‘The Tories are creating a hostile environment – not just for migrants’ : It doesn’t matter if policies work – only that they come down hard on “malingerers” and migrants