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User-led network could close as latest victim of competition from big charities

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By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018 A national network of mental health service-users, survivors and activists is facing closure next month if it cannot secure new funding, after becoming the latest victim of competition from large, non-user-led … Continue reading →

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Posted in MInd, National Survivor User Network, Rethink | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, John Pring, Politics, Scotland, Scottish politics, Society, UK news | Leave a reply

Disabled solicitor launches ground-breaking legal case over PIP discrimination

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018 A disabled lawyer has launched a ground-breaking legal case against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over his claim that it deliberately discriminated against him in rejecting his claim … Continue reading →

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Posted in Daniel Donaldson, Legal Spark | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, PIP, Politics, Scotland, Scottish politics, Society, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Mental Health Act review ‘is just tinkering around the edges’ of reform

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By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018 Mental health survivors and service-users have been left “underwhelmed” by the interim report of a review into mental health legislation in England and Wales ordered by the prime minister. One campaigner … Continue reading →

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Posted in National Survivor User Network, Professor Simon Wessely, UNCRPD | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Society, UK news, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

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 a fund that supported Deaf and disabled people with the extra costs of standing for election but has been closed … Continue reading →

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Posted in DRUK, Eleanor Lisney AOEF, Equality Act, Labour Party, Lib Dems, LIz Sayce, More United, The Government Equalities Office (GEO) | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Politics, Society, UK news | Leave a reply

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 their disability benefit claims decided on evidence from assessment reports that were of “unacceptable” poor quality, government figures suggest. The … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, Grahame Morris MP, John Slater, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Labour, PIP, Welfare | Leave a reply

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 members of the public on the future funding of adult social care has failed to ask any disabled people’s organisations … Continue reading →

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Posted in Citizens’ Assembly on Social Care, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, Inclusion London, Linda Burnip, Peter Beresford, Shaping our Lives, Tracey Lazard | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, John Pring, Society, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

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 them criticising the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is proof that they cannot be trusted to speak up on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Benefits Consortium, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equal Lives, Inclusion London, Ingeus, Leonard Cheshire Disability(LCD), Maximus, MInd, Pluss, Remploy, RNIB, ROFA, Royal Association of Deaf People (RADP), Shaw Trust, Sisters of Frida, Tory. Tories, Universal Credit, Work & Health programme | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, John Pring, Politics, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

DWP ‘failed to show WCA reviewer evidence of links to benefit deaths’

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By John Pring Disability News Service 26th April 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions appears to have admitted failing to show vital documents that linked its “fitness for work” assessment with the deaths of benefit claimants to an independent … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Dr Paul Litchfield, DWP, Micheal O'Sullivan, Prof Malcolm Harrington, Stephen Carre, WCA Deaths | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

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 to denounce government attempts to persuade doctors to “coerce” patients with serious health conditions back into work. More than 90 … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Black Triangle Campaign, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Dr Jay Watts, DWP, Inclusion London, MHRN, Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility, Recovery in the Bin, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), UC, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, John Pring, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Mother of ESA suicide woman pledges to continue fight for justice

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By John Pring Disability News Service 19th April 2018 The mother of a woman who killed herself after being wrongly found “fit for work” has pledged to continue her campaign for justice, and for the Department for Work and Pensions … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, ICO, Jodey Whiting, Joy Dove, SNP | Tagged Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Scotland, Scottish politics, Society, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Mother of ESA suicide mum-of-nine praises activist for confronting McVey

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By John Pring Disability News Service 19th April 2018 The mother of a woman who killed herself after her disability benefits were sanctioned has praised a disabled activist who confronted work and pensions secretary Esther McVey about her daughter’s death … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Class War Scotland, DPAC Glasgow, Jodey Whiting, Joy Dove, Marion Nisbet, SNP | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scotland, Scottish politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

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 Work and Health Programme must promise to “pay the utmost regard to the standing and reputation” of work and pensions … Continue reading →

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Posted in Action On Hearing (RNID), DWP, Ingeus, Leonard Cheshire Disability(LCD), Maximus, Pluss, REED, Remploy, RNIB, Royal Association of Deaf People (RADP), Shaw Trust, Turning Point, Work & Health programme | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work & Health Programme | 1 Reply

Redundancy threat hangs over Remploy workers as DWP funding ends

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By John Pring Disability News Service 12th April 2018 Disabled Remploy workers who are part of a supported employment programme could be at risk of losing their jobs because the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to refuse … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, Interwork, Maximus, Remploy | Tagged Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Society, UK news | Leave a reply

Government faces legal action over election access fund

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By John Pring Disability News Service 12th April 2018 Three disabled politicians have begun legal action against the government over its failure to reopen a fund that supported Deaf and disabled people with the extra costs of standing for election … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access to Elected Office Fund, Disability Politics UK, EHRC, More United., UNCRPD | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Society, UK news | Leave a reply

Isle of Man set to scrap its ‘fitness for work’ test

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By John Pring Disability News Service 12th April 2018 Ministers on the Isle of Man are to scrap their version of the UK government’s much-criticised “fitness for work” test, prompting calls by disabled activists for the UK government to follow … Continue reading →

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Posted in Assessments, Black Triangle Campaign, Dependability Ltd, DWP, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Network neglect leaves government ‘closer to coercion than co-production’

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By John Pring  Disability News Service 12th April 2018 The government’s reputation on disability equality has suffered a further damaging blow, after it admitted that none of the bodies it set up to engage with disabled people and their organisations … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Action Alliance, DRUK, DWP, The Alliance for Inclusive Education | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Equality, John Pring, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Equality watchdog calls for court action over BA’s PA ticket ‘discrimination’

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By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The equality watchdog has called for the courts to decide if airlines are discriminating against disabled people by refusing to allow them to make simple alterations to tickets bought for their … Continue reading →

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Posted in British Airways (BA), CAA, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), EHRC, Rachael Monk. | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Society, UK news | Leave a reply

Admission by aviation regulator is latest step in assistance dogs aircraft battle

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By John Pring Disabilty News Service 22nd March 2018 The aviation regulator is being forced to change guidance that appears to discriminate against many disabled people who want to take their assistance dogs with them on commercial flights. Guidance issued … Continue reading →

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Posted in Assistance Dogs International, CAA, International Guide Dog Federation, Sherlock Hounds Assistance Dogs (SHAD) | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Society, UK news | Leave a reply

Eight years on, government announces plans to bring in access laws for tenants

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The government has finally agreed to bring into force long-awaited laws that will impose a duty on landlords to allow disabled tenants to make access improvements to the hallways, staircases … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Labour, Discrimination Law Association, DRUK, EHRC, Proudlock Associates | Tagged Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Labour, UK news | Leave a reply

NHS bodies face legal action by human rights watchdog over care home threat

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The equality and human rights watchdog has written to 13 NHS primary care organisations to warn them about discriminatory policies that could see service-users with complex healthcare needs forced into … Continue reading →

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Posted in CCG, Conservatives, EHRC, Fleur Perry, Human Rights, Irwin Mitchell, Naphtali Denderowicz, NHS | Tagged Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, UK news | Leave a reply

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