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Campaign’s legal threat forces government pledge on election access fund decision

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By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018 The government is finally set to publish a long-awaited review of

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DWP figures suggest tens of thousands of PIP claims could have been decided on ‘unacceptable’ assessment reports

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018   Tens of thousands of disabled people could have had

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Social care ‘citizens’ assembly’ set up by MPs omits DPOs from panel of experts

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By John Pring Disability News Service 26th April 2018 A consultation event set up by MPs to produce recommendations from

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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

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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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Charities delivering DWP’s work programme ‘must promise not to attack McVey’

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By John Pring Disability News Service 19 April 2018 Disability charities that sign up to help deliver the government’s new

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