Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
Video: A woman with learning difficulties has accosted Theresa May while the prime minister was on a walkabout in an
Continue readingUK General Election: Why disabled people oppose the Tories ~ And need your help
The SNP has called on the next UK government to follow Scotland’s lead in protecting disabled people from social security
“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
By John Pring Disability News Service 18th May 2017 The sister of a disabled woman who she believes was driven
Continue readingPIP suicide woman’s sister blames ‘barbaric’ system for her death
Play Current Time0:13 / Duration Time1:12 Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% Fullscreen Mute Voter confronts Theresa May over disability benefit cuts
Continue readingIn confronting Theresa May, Kathy has spoken up for all Britain’s disabled people
By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017 Statements submitted to MPs have provided further evidence of widespread
Continue readingElection forces MPs to abandon PIP inquiry, but evidence backs up dishonesty claims
Tuesday 28th March 2017 A panel of upper tribunal judges has made a decision relating to safety and
Continue readingSafety and supervision ruling could mean PIP for many more claimants
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017 A group of nine disabled people with the same rare
Continue readingPIP investigation: Claimant group tell MPs of ‘systemic malpractice’ by assessors
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017 Disabled activists have explained why they took to the
Continue readingActivists bring ‘no more benefit deaths’ message to Westminster
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017 Calls for government cuts to disability benefits to be
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017 A disabled peer has accused the minister for disabled people
Continue readingDisabled peer says Mordaunt was ‘spinning like crazy’ over PIP cuts
By Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh for National Scot Newspaper 1st March 2017 Sometimes it’s more than helpful for each of
Continue readingPIP goalpost shift reveals awful mindset of the Tories
By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 Labour, the Green party and the Liberal Democrats have called for
Published By Black Triangle November 19th 2016 Secretary General As U.K. disabled campaigners and civil society organisations we write
October 21st 2016 By John Pring Disability News Service Two ministers have refused to apologise after they both
Continue readingMinisterial duo face questions after misleading MPs over PIP
August 25th 2016 Paralympians heading to Rio next week have lost their Motability vehicles after being reassessed as part of
Continue readingGovernment ‘has stripped Paralympians of their Motability vehicles’
One of Britain’s biggest stars from the London 2012 Paralympics has said she is “scared” that she will lose her
Continue readingCockroft’s fear of PIP reassessment and losing independence as she heads for Rio
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
23 April 2015 By John Pring, Disability News Service ELECTION 2015: Labour’s disability manifesto chaos Labour’s launch of its
Continue readingELECTION 2015: Labour’s disability mini-manifesto chaos
23 April 2015 By John Pring, Disability News Service The Scottish National Party (SNP) has pledged to block plans to
Continue readingELECTION 2015: SNP pledges to block coalition’s PIP and DLA disability spending cuts