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Disabled MP credits mainstream education for new parliamentary career

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Image DNS By John Pring Disability News Service 21st July 2017 A newly-elected disabled MP has said that she would never have been elected to parliament if her mother had not fought for her right to a mainstream education. Marsha … Continue reading →

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Posted in Labour Party, Marsh de Cordova | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, DNS, Labour, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

DRUK’s new boss pledges better links with other DPOs and grassroots groups

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By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 The new boss of Disability Rights UK (DR UK) has pledged to do more to involve young disabled people in the organisation’s work, and improve its relationships with other disabled people’s organisations … Continue reading →

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Posted in Action On Disability, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, Hammersmith and Fulham Coalition Against Cuts (HAFCAC)., Inclusion London, LIz Sayce, Spartacus Network | Tagged Austerity, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, Welfare | Leave a reply

McDonnell calls for disabled-led solution to care crisis, as DPAC occupies parliament

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By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for disabled people themselves to be given the job of designing the solution to the social care funding crisis. John McDonnell was speaking to Disability News Service … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, HOC, Human Rights, ILF Fund, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Labour Party, UN, UNCRPD, Winvisible | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Jared O’Mara calls for action on bullying and harassment by MPs

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Image Courtesy of The Star   By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 A newly-elected disabled MP is calling for action to address the bullying and harassment he has witnessed in the House of Commons, in a bid to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Action on Hearing Loss, Business Disability Forum, Debbie Abrahams, Disability Politics UK, Jared O'Mara, Labour Party, National Autistic Society, ParliAble | Tagged Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Ten years on, campaigners ask again: ‘If these are not hate crimes, what are?’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 Six new cases in which disabled people have been the victims of brutal and degrading assaults have cast fresh doubt on the criminal justice system’s ability to recognise, punish and prevent … Continue reading →

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Posted in CPS, Disability Hate crime, Disability Hate Crime Network, Katharine Quarmby | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Purple boss raises concerns over Disability Confident accreditation

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By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 New concerns have been raised about the government’s Disability Confident employment campaign, after a leading disabled social entrepreneur said that some businesses could be finding it easier than intended to secure … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Confident, DWP, Extra Costs Commission, Mike Adams, Purple | Tagged Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Politics, Society, UK news | Leave a reply

DPAC set for week of protests over social care, Atos and access to transport

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By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 Disabled activists are set to lobby MPs this week on the urgency of the social care crisis, as part of a week of action that will take place across the country, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Dept of Transport, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, EHRC, Ellen Clifford | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Project aims for inclusion and a collective voice for ‘spoonies’

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By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 Disabled activists behind a pioneering new project are aiming to build the first organisation that will give people with chronic illness the chance to have their voices heard outside their own … Continue reading →

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Posted in Broken Britain, Centre for Welfare Reform, Dr Sarah Campbell, DRILL Disability Research into Independent Living and Learning, Inclusion London, ME Action, MInd, Shaping our Lives, Spartacus Network | Tagged #ChronicIllness, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, John Pring, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Inclusion London set to test social model job support, after £775k grant

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  By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 A pan-London disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has been given the chance to test “exciting” and “important” approaches to supporting young disabled people into work that reflect the social model of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Action On Disability, City Bridge Trust, Green Paper, Inclusion London, Tracey Lazard | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, John Pring, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Government’s UN response ‘exposes failings on disability convention’

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By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 The government has ignored key evidence that demonstrates widespread breaches of the UN disability convention, according to disabled people’s grassroots groups and organisations that are working together to expose its failings. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, Ellen Clifford, Inclusion Scotland, Linda Burnip, ROFA, UNCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, Society, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Activists set for ‘David and Goliath’ fight to defeat assisted suicide court bid

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By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 A group of disabled activists – led by a crossbench peer – are to intervene in a legal case for the first time next week, in a bid to persuade three … Continue reading →

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Posted in Baroness Jane Campbell, Conservatives, ECHR, Euthanasia, Not Dead Yet | Tagged Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, NDY, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Foodbank study suggests disability benefits should rise

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 6th July 2017 The authors of a major new study have called on the government to launch an inquiry into whether disability benefit payments should be increased, after finding more than half of … Continue reading →

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Posted in DRUK | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Food banks, John Pring, Politics, Society, Trussell Trust, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

New disabled MPs back fresh call to reopen access fund

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Image Courtesy of Mirror   By John Pring Disability News Service 6th July 2017 The two newest disabled MPs in the House of Commons have backed a call for the government to reopen a fund that helped politicians meet the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access to Elected Office Fund, Caroline Lucas, Disability Discrimination, Disability Politics UK, Green Party, Marsh de Cordova, Stephen Llyod, UN, UNCRPD | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, John Pring, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

New disabled MP accuses government of ‘eugenics’

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Picture Courtesy of Guardian   By John Pring Disability News Service 6th July 2017 A newly-elected disabled MP has accused the Conservative government of introducing policies inspired by “eugenics” in the hope that disabled people will “suffer and die”. Labour’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access to Elected Office Fund, Black Triangle Campaign, Chris Grayling, Conservatives, Disability Discrimination, Disability Labour, Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living, DWP, Euthanasia, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, ILF Fund, Jared O Mara, Jared O'Mara, Paces, Tories, Tory, UKCRPD, UN, UNCRPD, WCA Deaths | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Disabled people ‘have too little awareness of rights’ in lead-up to Brexit

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By John Pring Disability News Service June 29th 2017   A new report has called for greater awareness of the rights enjoyed by disabled people through the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU), as the country moves towards Brexit. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Action On Disability, Breakthrough UK, Center of Disability Studies, Conservatives, Disability Law Hub, Disability Wales, DRUK, Inclusion Scotland, Independant lives, Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living, LIz Sayce, Real, Shaping our Lives, Spectrum, Spectrum Centre for Independant Living, Spinal Injuries Association, Tories, UN, UNCRPD, York Independant Living Network | Tagged Austerity, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Crossbench disabled peer calls for an end to austerity, and the misery it has caused

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  By John Pring Disability News Service June 29th 2017 A crossbench disabled peer has called for an end to government-led austerity and the “personal misery” it has caused. Lord [Colin] Low, speaking in the Lords debate on last week’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, DWP, Human Rights, I Daniel Blake, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Lord Colin Low | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, DNS, DWP, Equality, John Pring, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Ministers’ silence over why WCA legislation is missing from Queen’s speech

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By John Pring Disability News Service June 29th 2017 Work and pensions ministers have refused to explain why plans for new social security legislation were dropped from last week’s Queen’s speech. Disability News Service reported last week how a Tory … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, DWP, Green Paper, Penny Mordaunt, Work & Health programme, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Politics, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Court awards disabled woman ‘aggravated’ damages for ombudsman discrimination

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  By John Pring Disability News Service June 29th 2017 A county court has delivered a devastating judgment against the Local Government Ombudsman, after it discriminated against a disabled woman by failing to provide the reasonable adjustments she needed to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Department for Communities and Local Government, Disability Discrimination, Equality Act, ICO Information Commissioners Office, Jannine Blamires, Yorkshire County Council | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, John Pring, Politics | Leave a reply

New disabled MP was former campaigns officer for BCODP

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By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd June 2017   One of the two disabled Labour MPs elected to parliament for the first time earlier this month is a former campaigns officer for the British Council of Disabled People (BCODP), … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Anne Pridmore, Baroness Jane Campbell, Jared O Mara | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, DNS, John Pring, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Rebranding of ‘toxic’ Atos will fail, activists promise

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 14th June 2017   The “toxic” government contractor Atos has been accused of trying to create a smokescreen to hide its past failures and “appalling reputation”, after quietly announcing that it is changing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Conservative Disability Group, Conservatives, DWP, EHRC, Gail Ward, Human Rights, John McArdle, Paul Gray | Tagged Atos, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

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