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Research prompts call for government u-turn on benefits cut

By guest on 1st June 2011 Category: News Archive

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The government should abandon plans to impose a time limit on claiming certain out-of-work disability benefits, say campaigners, after research showed only a tiny proportion of claimants are finding jobs. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) research showed that less […]

Panorama abuse scandal: Care regulator ‘is not fit for purpose’

By guest on 1st June 2011 Category: News Archive

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Disabled people’s organisations and leading disabled activists say the care watchdog is “unfit for purpose”, following a BBC investigation into abuse at a private “hospital” for people with learning difficulties. Activists have also called for action to stop people with learning […]

Panorama abuse scandal: Council fails to explain long delay in action

By guest on 1st June 2011 Category: News Archive

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A local authority was told that adults with learning difficulties were being abused at a private hospital more than seven months before the BBC screened an investigation into the scandal. South Gloucestershire Council, along with other agencies represented on the local […]

Panorama abuse scandal: Questions raised over new hospital ‘audit’

By guest on 1st June 2011 Category: News Archive

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The government has agreed plans for a national audit of hospitals for people with learning difficulties, just five years after a similar investigation was carried out by two care regulators. The audit was approved by care services minister Paul Burstow in […]

Panorama abuse scandal: Revelations ‘show little has changed’ since 1990s

By guest on 1st June 2011 Category: News Archive

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The abuse of disabled people uncovered by a BBC investigation shows little has changed since the exposure of an even more horrific regime 17 years ago, say campaigners. The undercover investigation revealed a catalogue of abuse at Winterbourne View, a private […]

Anger after Met clears itself over tuition fees protest complaint

By guest on 1st June 2011 Category: News Archive

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Disabled campaigners have raised serious questions over the Metropolitan police’s decision to clear the officers who dragged an activist from his wheelchair during last December’s student tuition fees protests in central London. Jody McIntyre had lodged a series of complaints with […]

Supermarkets ignore government call to clamp down on bay abuse

By guest on 1st June 2011 Category: News Archive

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Major supermarket chains have been criticised for failing to do more to stop the abuse of accessible parking bays despite a government minister asking them to tackle the problem. Liberal Democrat transport minister Norman Baker wrote to supermarkets earlier this year […]

Europe ‘must act’ on freedom of movement

By guest on 1st June 2011 Category: News Archive

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Members of the European disability movement have called for new laws to guarantee freedom of movement for disabled people across the Europe Union (EU). They were speaking at the 15th annual general assembly of the European Disability Forum in Budapest, Hungary, […]

Hopes still high for changes to welfare reform bill

By guest on 1st May 2011 Category: News Archive

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Disability rights campaigners say they remain optimistic that changes can still be made to the government’s hugely unpopular welfare reform bill before it becomes law. This week, the Commons committee that was examining the bill in detail finished its deliberations, with […]

Obama’s comments fail to ease McKinnon extradition threat

By guest on 1st May 2011 Category: News Archive

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The future of a disabled computer hacker threatened with extradition to the United States remains unclear despite his case being discussed by Barack Obama and David Cameron during the US president’s state visit. The president told journalists that Gary McKinnon’s case […]

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