DWP figures suggest tens of thousands of PIP claims could have been decided on ‘unacceptable’ assessment reports
By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018 Tens of thousands of disabled people could have had
By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018 Tens of thousands of disabled people could have had
By John Pring Disability News Service 19th April 2018 Disabled activists are hoping their latest protest in the heart
By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The government has finally agreed to bring into force long-awaited
Continue readingEight years on, government announces plans to bring in access laws for tenants
Responding to the Spring Statement, John McDonnell, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor said: Let me thank the Chancellor for providing me
Continue readingSpring statement: “As always the harshest cuts are falling on disabled people”
By John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has again broken
Continue readingDWP breaks promise again to stop harassing abuse survivor over benefit claim
John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised that no
Continue readingDWP promises no-one will lose out in huge review of 1.6 million PIP cases
By John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 Two disabled activists have explained why they “clashed” with the minister
Continue readingActivists explain why they ‘clashed’ with minister after PIP debate
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Image Courtesy of The Mirror By John Pring Disability New Service 11th January 2018 The minister for disabled people
Continue readingMinister hid judges’ criticism of McVey from MPs, hours after shock appointment
By John Pring Disability News service December 21st 2017 The minister for disabled people has refused to approve two key
Continue readingMinister fails to back measures to protect claimants from dishonest assessors
By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 The occupational health expert chosen by the government to review its
Continue readingExpert chosen by DWP appears to suggest scrapping ‘fitness for work’ test
By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 “Furious” disabled campaigners have attacked MPs on a Commons committee
Continue readingFury over MPs’ refusal to quiz minister on ‘staggering’ WCA suicide figures
By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 “Indisputable” new research has linked government cuts in adult social care
Continue readingResearch linking care cuts to 120,000 deaths ‘is fresh evidence austerity kills’
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd November 2017 Long-term supported housing will continue to be funded through the social
Continue reading‘Caution’ urged over government’s supported housing U-turn
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd November 2017 Scores of disabled people and welfare advisers have told
Continue readingPIP investigation: Hundreds give evidence of assessment failings to MPs
By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017 Organisers of a national “summit meeting” of disabled people’s organisations
Continue readingNational summit set to build new alliances and ‘reinvigorate’ the movement
By John Pring Disability News Service 12th October 2017 The minister for disabled people has again misled MPs, after
By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 A disabled student has told Labour’s annual party conference that she
Continue readingLabour conference: Student forced to crowdfund pain-free wheelchair
By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 Labour has promised an extra £3 billion a year to
Continue readingLabour conference: No vote on tax-funded social care system, at least until 2018
By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has pledged to transform the
Continue readingLabour conference: Abrahams pledges ‘supportive and enabling’ social security system