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A trio of experts have destroyed government claims that cutting out-of-work benefits for disabled people will help
Continue readingDisability employment gap: Experts demolish government excuses for WRAG cut
UN experts have expressed serious concerns about the impact of government austerity on the rights of disabled people and other
Continue readingUN report raises ‘deep concerns’ about impact of austerity on disabled people
Disabled activists have welcomed the decision of doctors to vote strongly against relaxing their union’s position on physician-assisted suicide. The
Continue readingRelief after doctors maintain strong opposition to assisted suicide
Only about seven in 10 disabled people who were previously claiming disability living allowance (DLA)
Continue readingPIP figures fuel concerns over cuts, while activists plan day of action
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
Official figures suggest that a new appeal stage introduced for unsuccessful claimants has been little more than a delaying tactic
Continue readingFirst figures on ESA mandatory reconsideration ‘show it is just a delaying tactic’
Ministers are delaying the release of nine secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants, even though civil servants apparently
Continue readingMinisters ‘breach FoI laws’ by delaying release of fresh benefit deaths reviews
Most mental health service-users are still deeply divided about identifying with the social model of disability, but still favour moving
Continue readingReport finds support for efforts to find a social model of mental distress
Union delegates say the government’s decision to reverse planned cuts to its new disability benefit could be a turning-point in
Continue readingTUC Disabled Workers Conference: PIP U-turn ‘could be turning-point’ in fightback
While the appropriate offence would be Misconduct in Public Office we would like share with you the following complaint to Northumbria
Continue readingBenefit Deaths: North East England Man Puts in Complaint to Northumbria Police
The computer system used for new personal independence payment (PIP) claims has crashed twice in a week, just days after
Continue readingPIP system crashes again… twice… but DWP still blames ‘technical glitches’
Ministers have refused to say if they implemented 10 measures – recommended by their own civil servants – that would
Continue readingMinisters refuse to say if they implemented 10 measures to save lives
By Patrick Butler and John Pring ‘Peer reviews’ challenge claims by ministers that there is no connection between welfare reform
Continue readingSuicides of benefit claimants reveal DWP flaws, says inquiry
The new chair of the equality watchdog has taken up his new post, despite question-marks over potential conflicts of interest
Continue readingIsaac takes EHRC chair, despite concerns over DWP ‘outsourcing’ work
Disabled campaigners are hoping a new government taskforce will lead to apprenticeships becoming more accessible to disabled people, despite concerns
Continue readingApprenticeship taskforce welcomed, despite concerns over membership
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 22nd October 2015 The government has rejected three key recommendations by a cross-party
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 22 October 2015 The prime minister has had to defend his record on
The shocking failings of the work capability assessment system – and the healthcare assessors who are paid to police it – have been exposed by the family of one of its victims. … Continue reading#JFMOS Michael O’Sullivan scandal: Inquest notes expose shocking failings of WCA system
Friday 25th September 2015 By John Pring Disability News Service Government contractor Atos Healthcare claims it has no idea if
Jamie Szymkowiak writes on austerity, welfare and disability … Continue readingDisabled Scots: Invisible Collateral Damage