• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advice/Information
  • About DNS
  • Subscribe to DNS
  • Advertise with DNS
  • Support DNS
  • Contact DNS

Disability News Service

the country's only news agency specialising in disability issues

  • Home
  • Independent Living
    • Arts, Culture and Sport
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Housing
    • Transport
  • Activism & Campaigning
  • Benefits & Poverty
  • Politics
  • Human Rights
You are here: Home / Testimonials

Testimonials

Listen

Baroness (Jane) Campbell: “I welcome John Pring’s weekly news update every Friday. His detailed, and above all accurate, line-up of current disability issues is a reliable source of information that I use to enhance – even at times to inspire – the work I do to champion disabled people and to combat discrimination in all of its forms. Long may it continue!”

Phil Friend, director, Phil & Friends Ltd: “My professional work means that I need to stay in touch with developments regarding disability issues. I’ve come to rely on the unique services provided by DNS. It is reliable, comprehensive and accurate. I can’t think of another news service that provides me with the professional support I need to ensure that I’m up-to-date and kept well informed.”

Stephen Brookes, coordinator, Disability Hate Crime Network: “We are living in very tough times, and it is important that disabled people and those DPOs who support them get fair and open representation and accurate, informed media coverage. In my involvement in the massive subject of Disability Hate Crime, I need to keep a clear and open mind and an accessible information resource to achieve real change, and John’s work through DNS is an absolute must in that aim.”

Anna Borthwick-Martin, head of business development and marketing, DisabledGo: “We have worked with John and DNS for several years now and have been thoroughly impressed with the service. The stories John provides are relevant and important to our audience and as a result are well received and popular. Having John working with us has enabled us to tap into expertise and capacity that we do not have in-house. The relevance and variety of John’s stories has enabled us to grow our reach, which in turn has created our own digital community.”

 

Primary Sidebar

On the left of the image are multiple heads of different colours - white, aqua, red, light brown, and dark green - all grouped together, then the words ‘Join our campaign for a decent life for Disabled people. Campaign for Disability Justice’
Image of front cover of The Department, showing a crinkled memo with the words 'Restricted - Policy. The Department. How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence. John Pring.' Next to the image is a red box with the following words in white: 'A very interesting book... a very important contribution to this whole debate' - Sir Stephen Timms, minister for social security and disability. plutobooks.com and the Pluto Press logo.

Access

Latest Stories

Whately appears to agree social security spending is not spiralling after all… as Tories plan £36 billion-a-year cuts

Shadow minister says parents don’t ‘game’ SEND system… but Kemi says disabled adults do ‘game’ the benefits system

Level boarding pledge in government strategy is welcomed, but railways bill amendments are still vital

DWP silent after Tory member of PIP review publishes report demanding child disability benefits are slashed

Access failures at Tory conference leave wheelchair-user suspended in mid-air for more than an hour

Ministers’ decision to slash accessible housing targets was ‘unprincipled’, but Timms says they were right

Greens sideline disabled people at annual conference

National accessibility standards are crucial for addressing transport barriers, Tories hear at conference

Tories discriminate against disabled editor by blocking DNS from receiving key information at conference

Free social care is coming… but only if you’re over 65, government confirms after Burnham speech

Readspeaker
Image of front cover of The Department, showing a crinkled memo with the words 'Restricted - Policy. The Department. How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence. John Pring.' Next to the image is a red box with the following words in white: 'A very interesting book... a very important contribution to this whole debate' - Sir Stephen Timms, minister for social security and disability. plutobooks.com and the Pluto Press logo.

Footer

The International Standard Serial Number for Disability News Service is: ISSN 2398-8924

  • Accessibility Statement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site map
  • Bluesky
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Threads
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2026 Disability News Service

Site development by A Bright Clear Web