Disabled people ‘denied access to justice by failure of judges on reasonable adjustments’
By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 Disabled people are being denied access to justice because of judges’
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General Election 2017: Tory mental health plans greeted with accusations of ‘hypocrisy’
By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 Two user-led groups have accused the Conservative party of
DWP declared a ‘leading’ Disability Confident employer, despite UN rights violations
By John Pring Disability News service May11th 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been declared a gold-standard
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Concern as minister appoints Tory peer as equality watchdog’s disability lead
By John Pring Disability News Service April 27th 2017 The government’s decision to appoint a second consecutive Tory
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Pushed to the Brink
By Ruth Hunt Morning Star Alice Kirby tells Ruth Hunt how DWP benefit assessment practices contribute to the deterioration of
Concern over UN’s ‘silence’ on benefit-related deaths
By John Pring Disability News Service 6th April 2017 Disabled activists fear that the UN committee examining the
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Potential Legal Challenge to £30 p.w. ESA Cut – defendants needed
From Monday (3rd April), new recipients of employment and support allowance deemed healthy enough to carry out ‘work related activities’
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‘Fitness for work’ test has led to deterioration in mental health, say researchers
By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 Disabled activists have welcomed “timely” new research that concludes that the
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DPOs join forces to brief UN on how UK has breached disability convention
By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have come together to tell
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Activists bring ‘no more benefit deaths’ message to Westminster
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017 Disabled activists have explained why they took to the
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#BMJ #BritishMedicalJournal ‘#FirstDoNoHarm’: are #WCA #disabilityassessments associated with adverse trends in #MentalHealth? ~ assessments have had serious adverse consequences for mental health in England, which could outweigh any benefits that arise from moving people off disability benefits – A longitudinal ecological study – B Barr1, D Taylor-Robinson1, D Stuckler2, R Loopstra2, A Reeves2, M Whitehead1 Author affiliations
Abstract Background In England between 2010 and 2013, just over one million recipients of the main out-of-work disability benefit had
Watchdog refuses to withdraw report to UN that omits benefit deaths evidence
By John Pring Disability News service 23rd February 2017 The equality and human rights watchdog has refused to withdraw its
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Sister launches judicial review claim in bid for sanctions death inquest
By John Pring Disability News Service 16th February 2017 The sister of a disabled man who died after being
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Fiona Robertson SNP on Trump, protest and U.K. disabled people
Re: #Bafta #IDanielBlake #KenLoach – Comment of the year – By Fiona Robertson ‘The one and only famous person outside
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National DPOs forced to withdraw report sent to UN over benefit deaths evidence
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 Three national disabled people’s organisations have withdrawn a report they submitted
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Green Party calls on government to launch benefit deaths inquiry
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 The Green Party has written to work and pensions secretary Damian
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MPs hear of activists’ anger and frustration over ministers’ response to UN report
By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 Disabled activists have told MPs and peers
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Chancellor’s social care and WRAG omissions ‘show contempt for disabled people’
By John Pring Disability News service November 25th 2016 The chancellor has shocked disabled activists by ignoring the
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Joint – letter from the United Kingdom Disabled People’s Movement and Allied Civil Society Organisations to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
Published By Black Triangle November 19th 2016 Secretary General As U.K. disabled campaigners and civil society organisations we write
Debbie Jolly: a ‘force for good’ and a passionate social model advocate
By John Pring Disability News Service November 17th 2016 Activists have paid tribute to Debbie Jolly, a central figure
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