UN report failure on benefit deaths by national DPOs ‘is extreme insult to activists’
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 A crucial report submitted to the United Nations by
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 A crucial report submitted to the United Nations by
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 Welfare rights experts have produced evidence that backs up the
Continue readingPIP investigation: Welfare expert says two-thirds of appeals involve lying assessors
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 An influential committee of MPs is to examine claims of
Continue readingPIP investigation: MPs to consider assessment dishonesty claims
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 The outsourcing company Capita offered freelance social workers financial bonuses
Continue reading‘Immoral’ Capita offered £200 bonuses to social workers to slash care packages
By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 Former recipients of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) in England experienced
Continue readingDWP report confirms fears over impact of ILF closure
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 26th January 2017 About 100 activists and their allies have taken part in
Continue readingCoroner orders inquest into ‘fit for work’ man who collapsed after leaving jobcentre
By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 A disabled campaigner has told MPs that he believes cuts to
Continue readingCuts to support killed my neighbours,’ MPs are told
By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 Labour, the Green party and the Liberal Democrats have called for
By John Pring Disability News Service 19/01/2017 The chief executive of the UK’s most prominent national disabled people’s
Continue readingSayce announces retirement, as ‘she is shortlisted’ for EHRC appointment
By John Pring Disability News Service 19/01/2017 The government has failed to provide annual figures that could have exposed
Continue readingGovernment denies missing stats would expose failure of disability strategy
By John Pring- Disability News Service 19/01/2017 The disabled activist who yesterday won a ground-breaking legal victory that protects
The growth of zero hours contracts is making it even harder for disabled workers to secure the reasonable adjustments they
Continue readingEmployers ‘reluctant’ to provide adjustments in zero hours culture
By John Pring Disability News Service November 25th 2016 A Labour MP has proved that the government has abandoned a
Continue readingIt’s official: Ministers have abandoned their disability employment gap target
By John Pring Disability News Service November25th 2016 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted flooding its under-fire
Continue readingDWP admits most Disability Confident employers just skipped across from Two Ticks
By John Pring Disability News service November 25th 2016 The chancellor has shocked disabled activists by ignoring the
Continue readingChancellor’s social care and WRAG omissions ‘show contempt for disabled people’
By John Pring Disability News Service Novemeber 17th 2016 Labour’s shadow chancellor has promised that the government will be dragged
By John Pring Disability News Service November 10th 2016 The work and pensions secretary Damian Green has refused three
Continue readingGreen refuses three times to apologise to Scotland for harm of benefit reforms
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday November 10th 2016 Disabled activists who persuaded the United Nations (UN) to investigate
Continue readingUN’s conclusion that UK violated disability rights is ‘vindication’ for activists
Reblogged By Kitty Jones November 6th 2016 I’ve read the government’s Work, health and disability green paper: improving lives and
Continue readingInitial thoughts on the work, health and disability green paper