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Mother of ‘fit for work’ victim calls for ministers to face criminal charges

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By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017   The mother of a disabled man who starved to death after he was found “fit for work” and lost his out-of-work disability benefits has called for ministers to face criminal … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Chris Grayling, CPS, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Green Party, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Jonathan Bartley, Police, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Scotland, UK news, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

UN report failure on benefit deaths by national DPOs ‘is extreme insult to activists’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017   A crucial report submitted to the United Nations by three national disabled people’s organisations has been criticised for failing to speak out strongly enough on the links between the … Continue reading →

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Posted in CRPD, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, EHRC, Inclusion Scotland, Scottish Mental Welfare Commission, UKCRPD, UN | Tagged Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Politics, Scotland, Scottish politics, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

PIP INVESTIGATION: Politicians call for action over ‘widespread dishonesty by assessors’

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By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 Labour, the Green party and the Liberal Democrats have called for the government to act on claims of widespread dishonesty by the medical professionals paid to compile benefits assessment reports, following … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, Channel 4, Conservatives, DWP, Green Party, Jonathan Bartley, Labour Party, Lib Dems, PIP | Tagged Atos, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, John Pring, PIP, Scotland, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Joint – letter from the United Kingdom Disabled People’s Movement and Allied Civil Society Organisations to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

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Published By Black Triangle November 19th 2016 Secretary General   As U.K. disabled campaigners and civil society organisations we write to you to denounce attempts to delegitimise the UN interim report by UN officials carried out under Article 6 of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Chris Grayling, Conservatives, Debbie Jolly, Disability Discrimination, Disability Hate crime, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, IFS, Lord David Freud, Mary O Hara, Maximus, Mo Stewart, PIP, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Catalina Devandas Aguila, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, Equality, foodbanks, Grant Shapps, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, PIP, Politics, Poverty, Raquel Rolnik, Scotland, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

MSPs hear call for government to ‘speak out more forcefully’ on WCA deaths

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    13th October 2016  By John Pring -Disability News Service A disabled activist has told a parliamentary committee that the Scottish government should “speak out more forcefully” about disabled benefit claimants who have died as a result of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Capita, Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Mo Stewart, Police, UN, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Scotland, Scottish politics, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Black Triangle speaks out to the Scottish Social Security Committee

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        October 6th 2016 Today John McArdle from Black Triangle spoke at the Social Security Committee to highlight the problems with the current system run by Westminster, and to help shape the future for disabled people of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News | Tagged Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Scotland, Scottish politics, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Ministers know their WCA system is increasing suicide risk, says Ken Loach

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By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016   Government ministers know their “fitness for work” system is making disabled people’s health worse, and is increasing the risk of suicides, the award-winning film director Ken Loach has told Disability … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Chris Grayling, Cradle2Grave Campaign, Damien Green, DWP, I Daniel Blake, Ian Duncan Smith, Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Police, UKCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Cradle2Grave Camapign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scotland, Scottish politics, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

‘Fit for work’ suicide man’s sister tried to take her own life after DWP ordeal

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  By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 21st 2016   The sister of a man driven to suicide by the “fitness for work” system tried to take her own life after being “treated like a criminal” by the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith, Lib Dems, Maximus, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Scotland, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

ILF closure cuts report produces instant results from Labour and Greens

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  September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Senior figures in the Labour and Green parties have pledged to introduce a national, free, needs-led system of support, after a report showed that the Independent Living Fund’s (ILF) closure resulted … Continue reading →

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Posted in DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Green Party, Human Rights, John McDonnell, Labour Party, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, ILF, John Pring, Scotland, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Benefit claimants die as DWP staff keep failing to follow suicide guidelines

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  September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to consider an inquiry into its repeated failure to prevent the deaths of benefit claimants, despite the release of damning new information … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Police, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Scotland, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 2 Replies

Documents show WCA suicide death mirrored 2010 tragedy

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4th August 2016 John Pring A physiotherapist took just 35 minutes to carry out a face-to-face assessment that led to a man with complex mental health problems being found “fit for work”, a decision that appears to have triggered his … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Chris Grayling, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith, Ministry of Justice, Police, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, Scotland, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Scottish Campaigner Dr Tony Cox Found Guilty

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Thursday 21st July 2016 1400 hrs BST Dr Tony Cox was today sentenced to 150 hours community service at 0945 this morning at Dundee Sheriff Court after being convicted of threatening behaviour towards employees of MAXIMUS Inc who carry out … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Dr Tony Cox, Maximus, Police, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, Scotland, Scottish Unemployed Workers Network, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Scotland ‘is not an easy option’ for England’s disabled Brexit refugees

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Campaigners have warned disabled people considering a move to Scotland in the wake of the European Union (EU) referendum vote that there are considerable barriers standing in their way. The warnings came after Disability News Service reported last week that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, Inclusion Scotland | Tagged Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Scotland | Leave a reply

Tommy Sheppard: Let’s target open minds of the i-curious for whom the time just wasn’t right

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By Tommy Shepard FOUR elections and a referendum: It’s been a helluva five years. With the new SNP Government now sworn in the party can at last move off a permanent war footing. It’s time to take stock, re-group and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News | Tagged Politics, Scotland, Scottish independence, Scottish politics | Leave a reply

Police Scotland assessing possible investigation into IDS and Grayling

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  By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 5th May 2016 Scottish police are assessing whether to launch a criminal investigation into the failure of two government ministers to address a coroner’s concerns about the safety of the “fitness for … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John McArdle, Police Scotland, Scotland | 2 Replies

#DWP ‘Benefit sanctions: Britain’s secret penal system’ by Dr David Webster University of Glasgow

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Benefits claimants are subjected to an ‘amateurish, secret penal system which is more severe than the mainstream judicial system’, writes Dr David Webster of the University of Glasgow. By Dr David Webster Published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies Few … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, British Government, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, Conservative Party, David Webster, destitution, Disabled People Against Cuts, Dr David Webster, DWP, DWP Sanctions, ESA, Extra Judicial Penal System, foodbanks, Frank Field, Homelessness, Housing benefit, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, JSA, sanctions, Scotland, UDHR, UK, UN, UNCRPD, University of Glasgow, WCA, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Westminster | Leave a reply

#JFMOS #PMQs David Cameron challenged twice in a minute over disability rights violations

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By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 22 October 2015 The prime minister has had to defend his record on disability rights twice in a minute, after being questioned about both a UN inquiry and the death of a north … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged #JFMOS, Angus Robertson, Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Corbyn, cuts, David Cameron, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Jeremy Corbyn, John Pring, Labour, Michael O'Sullivan, PMQ, PMQs, Politics, Prime Minister's Questions, Scotland, Scottish National Party, SNP, UNCRPD, Welfare, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | 3 Replies

#ChinaStateVisit : UK Human Rights Violations List of Deaths of Disabled People Killed by The British Conservative Government 2010 – 2015

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Black Triangle’s List of Deaths Linked to Benefit Loss arising from Welfare Reforms Wednesday 20th October 2015 Please note: Although 68 cases are listed the number of deaths is 70 as two cases involved couples where both took their own … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, China State Visit, Conservatives, David Cameron, Democide, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, ECHR, Human rights, Human Rights Act, Human Rights Violations, Iain Duncan Smith, Right to Life, Scotland, UDHR, UK news, UN, UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights, UNCRPD, United Nations, Work Capability Assessment, Xi Jinping | 6 Replies

Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Atos ‘has no idea’ if surgeon is still assessing claimants 

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Friday 25th September 2015 By John Pring Disability News Service Government contractor Atos Healthcare claims it has no idea if a former surgeon whose flawed assessment of a disabled man helped trigger his suicide is still testing people with mental … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Coroner, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Iain Duncan Smith, Michael O'Sullivan, Scotland, Suicide, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Herald Scotland: Letter in Defence Disabled Journalist John Pring – Blacklisted by U.K. Government’s DWP Press Office

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  Letters to The Herald Saturday 25th April 2015 WE note that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has carried out its threat to refuse to answer questions from, Disability News Service (DNS) editor John Pring (“inside Track: DWP … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog | Tagged Attack on Press Freedom, Benefits Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Blacklist, Censorship, Conservatives, Disability Discrimination, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, Discrimination, DNS, DPAC, DWP, DWP Press Office, Equality Act, Free Press, Government Accountability, Government Propaganda, Government Transparency, Herald Scotland, ICO, Information Commissioners Office, John Pring, Open Government, Press freedom, Saturday Herald, Scotland | 2 Replies

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