#CripTheVoteUK #GE2017: Labour ‘will take a human rights-based approach’ to protecting disabled people
Election 2017: Labour ‘will take a rights-based approach’ to protecting disabled people Labour has promised that it will take a
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#CripTheVoteUK #GE2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation of disabled people
Election 2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 1st June 2017
#CripTheVoteUK: As UK doctors’ leaders abdicate duty to defend patients’ human rights disabled people face perilous post-election future
BMA ‘will be complicit in future deaths’, after silence on ‘fit note’ rules By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday
#GE2017 “I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government” ~ Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) Consultant Breast Cancer Surgeon
“I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government – and that so many others will simply stand back and not vote at all” ~ Surgeon Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) … Continue reading#GE2017 “I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government” ~ Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) Consultant Breast Cancer Surgeon
Nobody is Unfit for Work
What you will read may be very distressing for you, but we are looking at the worst-case scenario and
Vote Labour England to uphold the rights of disabled people
Re- Blogged By Gail Ward Black Triangle 20th May 2017 Black Triangle Campaign is a Scottish – based
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DWP pilot failure on WCA ‘calls into question willingness to learn from suicides’
By John Pring Disability News Service 18th May 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appears to have
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Disabled people ‘forced into dangerous workfare that breaches health and safety laws’
By John Pring Disability News Service 18th May 2017 Disabled people are being subjected to dangerous violations of health
PIP suicide woman’s sister blames ‘barbaric’ system for her death
By John Pring Disability News Service 18th May 2017 The sister of a disabled woman who she believes was driven
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‘I’m suffering’: woman who confronted May tells of disability cuts ordeal
By Alexandra Topping https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/16/woman-who-confronted-theresa-may-disability-cuts-ordeal-kathy-mohan Kathy Mohan, who became an overnight champion of disabled people, says Tories’ PIP scheme has
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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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Disabled mother-of-five launches lobby group after 20 years of family court injustice
By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 A disabled mother-of-five has described how having to fight the courts
Disabled people ‘denied access to justice by failure of judges on reasonable adjustments’
By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 Disabled people are being denied access to justice because of judges’
Lower benefit cap sees income slashed for more than 10,000 disabled people
By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 More than 10,000 disabled people have had their benefits slashed in
Continue readingLower benefit cap sees income slashed for more than 10,000 disabled people
Scrapping EHRC disability commissioner role ‘risks sidelining disability’
By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 The “rash” decision to scrap the role of disability commissioner
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General Election 2017: Tory mental health plans greeted with accusations of ‘hypocrisy’
By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 Two user-led groups have accused the Conservative party of
DWP declared a ‘leading’ Disability Confident employer, despite UN rights violations
By John Pring Disability News service May11th 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been declared a gold-standard
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Remploy refused to give disabled experts support workers for care inspections
By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017 Disabled people helping to deliver a vital part of the
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Election forces MPs to abandon PIP inquiry, but evidence backs up dishonesty claims
By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017 Statements submitted to MPs have provided further evidence of widespread
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EHRC confusion after minister appears to scrap disability commissioner role
By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017 The government appears to have secretly scrapped the post of disability
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