UN Slams Tories over Human Right Abuses
While the country is entrenched in the mire of the EU referendum fallout, the Tories have just been slammed
While the country is entrenched in the mire of the EU referendum fallout, the Tories have just been slammed
Disabled activists have welcomed the decision of doctors to vote strongly against relaxing their union’s position on physician-assisted suicide. The
Continue readingRelief after doctors maintain strong opposition to assisted suicide
Only about seven in 10 disabled people who were previously claiming disability living allowance (DLA)
Continue readingPIP figures fuel concerns over cuts, while activists plan day of action
Disabled activists are calling on the UN to take action after elections to the 18-strong committee that oversees the implementation
Continue readingElection leaves UN disability committee with 17 men and just one woman
A police force has launched an internal review of its treatment of disabled people, after it was forced to refer
Continue readingPolice force faces two watchdog probes over treatment of autistic people
A minister has been urged to resign, after he threatened a traumatised child abuse survivor – who is waiting
Continue readingTomlinson faces call to resign over PIP harassment of child abuse survivor
This morning I was attacked by an anti-EU chap on the tube. I’ve been
Disabled people have been urged to recognise the importance of the European Union (EU) in maintaining and building on their
Continue readingEU laws ‘have played crucial role’ in fight for disability rights
Four-fifths of disabled teachers face harassment and discrimination at the hands of head teachers and other senior managers, disabled
Continue readingTUC Disabled Workers Conference: ‘Most disabled teachers face harassment’
Appalled activists protested outside a London premiere last night after describing the film as a “disability snuff movie” that suggests
Continue readingActivists protest outside premiere of ‘disability snuff movie’
A disabled parent has accused his local authority of discriminating against him by refusing to take his access needs
Continue readingSchool admissions process ‘discriminates against disabled parents’
A traumatised child abuse victim has branded the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) “shameful” for trying to force him
Continue readingDWP ‘puts child abuse trial at risk’ by insisting on PIP reassessment
While the appropriate offence would be Misconduct in Public Office we would like share with you the following complaint to Northumbria
Continue readingBenefit Deaths: North East England Man Puts in Complaint to Northumbria Police
No civilian has any comprehension of life in British military forces, or the impact of the removal of that
In a Debate after the Queens speech Deidre Brock MP said the following at 8.58; https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-05-18/debates/16051856000002/DebateOnTheAddress#contribution-16051881000088 “Let me offer
A police force already under investigation for disability hate crime failures when dealing with a young autistic man is now
Continue readingNorthants police ‘fail again on hate crime’, after autistic man is attacked again
A string of user-led organisations have warned that the government’s “horrifying” plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace
Continue readingOutrage over ‘horrifying’ and ‘miserable’ plans to scrap Human Rights Act
Ministers have refused to say if they implemented 10 measures – recommended by their own civil servants – that would
Continue readingMinisters refuse to say if they implemented 10 measures to save lives
Updated from: http://loopys-rollingwiththepunches.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/iain-duncan-smith-legacy.html The following is a list of policies and damning court decisions and findings undertaken under
‘I, Daniel Blake’ moved Cannes audiences to tears and is greeted with shouts of ‘BRAVO!’ Black Triangle Campaign is in
Continue readingLoach film on shame of poverty in Britain moves Cannes to tears