DPAC

Tapestry featuring rights slogans such as Disabled People Fight Back and Nothing About Us Without Us

September 14, 2017 0

Summit meeting will aim to bring movement together on independent living

Activists are hoping that a national disabled people’s “summit” will bring disabled people, their organisations and unions together to fight back against the repeated attacks on their right to independent living. Plans for the day-long summit were launched at a fringe meeting at the annual TUC Congress in Brighton this week. Mandy Hudson, who

Human Rights

September 7, 2017 0

DPOs consider boycott of government engagement over ‘misrepresentation’ at UN

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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are to consider boycotting any engagement with the UK government, after it misrepresented their views to a UN committee of human rights experts. The UN committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD) last week delivered a report on the UK government which included more than 80 recommendations for

Human Rights

An overhead view of the delegates in the chamber

September 7, 2017 0

UN demands annual UK progress report on correcting ‘grave and systematic violations’

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A UN committee has told the UK government to produce an annual progress report on how it is implementing the recommendations of a damning inquiry that found it guilty of “grave and systematic violations” of key parts of the disability convention. The committee of disabled human rights experts concluded last November that the government

Activism and Campaigning

Police officers talking to activists in the House of Commons

July 20, 2017 0

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

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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 (DNS) as activists from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) were protesting about cuts to social care, in parliament’s central lobby yesterday (Wednesday).

Human Rights

July 20, 2017 0

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

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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 (DPOs) and grassroots campaigning groups. Kamran Mallick (pictured) took over as chief executive of the national, pan-disability, user-led organisation this month, following

Activism and Campaigning

A protester holds up a banner saying Disabled People Against Cuts, Rights Not Charity

July 13, 2017 0

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

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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, including a protest outside the Olympic Stadium. The highlight of the week of action planned by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is likely

Human Rights

June 29, 2017 0

UN confirms that UK government’s treaty violations were both grave AND systematic

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The United Nations (UN) committee that found the UK government guilty of violating the UN disability convention has revealed for the first time that its breaches of the human rights treaty were both “grave” and “systematic”. The decision to clarify the seriousness of the UK’s breaches of the UN Convention on the Rights of

Politics

June 15, 2017 0

Anger, resignation… and optimism in wake of general election result

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Disabled activists have reacted with a mixture of anger, resignation and optimism to a general election that saw the Conservatives lose their parliamentary majority. Some believe that a resurgent Labour party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, which defied mainstream media opposition and polling predictions to increase its number of MPs by 30, will

Activism and Campaigning

Head and shoulders of David Hooke, with subtitle saying 'Going through the assessments we've both got worse'

June 7, 2017 0

DPAC targets marginal seats with quartet of films on austerity impact

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Anti-cuts activists have produced four films that show the impact of austerity on disabled people, in a bid to boost Labour’s chances in 50 marginal constituencies in the run-up to election day. Each of the short films being used by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) features a disabled person who has been personally affected

Activism and Campaigning

Dave Jurgensen at the protest, with a sign saying don't wait til it's too late round his neck, next to a woman with a placard saying we are people not profit

June 7, 2017 0

DPAC protesters march through May’s constituency to highlight austerity impact

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Activists have taken to the streets of the prime minister’s constituency to highlight the impact of Tory austerity cuts on disabled people over the last seven years. The protest by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) in the centre of Maidenhead, Berkshire, saw about 30 disabled activists and their allies march from Maidenhead rail station

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