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This bill opens the door to scandal, abuse and injustice, disabled activists say after assisted dying bill vote

By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

This bill opens the door to scandal, abuse and injustice, disabled activists say after assisted dying bill vote
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Disabled people’s lives will be increasingly in danger because of MPs’ failure to understand the risks posed by the assisted dying bill, devastated activists warned on Friday after the legislation was approved by the House of Commons. Disabled activists had started […]

Timms says cuts must go ahead, despite being reminded of risk that disabled claimants could die

By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Timms says cuts must go ahead, despite being reminded of risk that disabled claimants could die
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The minister for social security and disability has insisted that billions of pounds a year of cuts to disability benefits must go ahead, despite the risk that they will once again cause countless deaths of disabled claimants. Sir Stephen Timms was […]

Absence of disabled people’s voices from assisted dying bill has been ‘astonishing’, says disabled MP

By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Human Rights

Absence of disabled people’s voices from assisted dying bill has been ‘astonishing’, says disabled MP
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Disabled MPs have voted overwhelmingly against the assisted dying bill, and warned that it poses a clear danger to disabled people if it eventually becomes law. Although the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill was passed by the Commons by […]

Timms misleads MPs on DWP transparency and cover-ups, as he gives evidence on PIP review

By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Timms misleads MPs on DWP transparency and cover-ups, as he gives evidence on PIP review
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The social security and disability minister has misled MPs after suggesting he has ushered in a new era of openness and transparency in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Sir Stephen Timms told members of the work and pensions committee […]

Ministers are considering further extension to disability hate crime laws, after pledge on ‘aggravated’ offences

By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Crime

Ministers are considering further extension to disability hate crime laws, after pledge on ‘aggravated’ offences
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The government is considering whether to strengthen disability hate crime laws even further, after ministers agreed to make a long-awaited improvement that will mean longer sentences for offenders. Home Office minister Diana Johnson announced last week that the government would act […]

Making all self-driving pilot schemes accessible would be ‘counter-productive’ and slow us down, says minister

By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Transport

Making all self-driving pilot schemes accessible would be ‘counter-productive’ and slow us down, says minister
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A transport minister has told peers that it would be “counter-productive” – and take too long – to draw up rules that would ensure all pilot schemes of self-driving taxis are accessible to disabled people. Labour’s rail minister Lord [Peter] Hendy […]

Involve disabled people ‘meaningfully’ from the start when developing digital assistive tech, says report

By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Independent Living

Involve disabled people ‘meaningfully’ from the start when developing digital assistive tech, says report
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There must be “meaningful participation” of disabled people in the initial stages of developing new digital assistive technology, if its potential for supporting their independence is to be realised, according to a new report. The Royal Society concluded that tech companies, […]

Ministers are secretly considering means-testing PIP, DWP admits, despite pledge in green paper

By John Pring on 19th June 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers are secretly considering means-testing PIP, DWP admits, despite pledge in green paper
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Labour ministers are considering whether to start means-testing personal independence payment, which is likely to cut billions of pounds a year more from benefits spending, new information secured from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed. The highly controversial […]

‘We will not give a single inch,’ disabled activists vow, as Kendall publishes disability cuts bill

By John Pring on 19th June 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘We will not give a single inch,’ disabled activists vow, as Kendall publishes disability cuts bill
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Disabled activists say they “will not give a single inch” in their resistance to billions of pounds of cuts confirmed yesterday by the Labour government in its new universal credit and personal independence payment bill. Other than minor concessions by work […]

New figures show legalising assisted suicide is not safe, with government preparing to cut billions from benefits

By John Pring on 19th June 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

New figures show legalising assisted suicide is not safe, with government preparing to cut billions from benefits
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Disabled activists say vital new polling shows that it is not safe to legalise assisted suicide when the government is preparing to cut billions of pounds a year from spending on disability benefits. The findings were released yesterday (Wednesday) on the […]

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