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DWP failings linked to death of claimant whose body lay undiscovered for years

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP failings linked to death of claimant whose body lay undiscovered for years
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The body of a disabled woman lay undiscovered in her flat for more than three years after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) cut off her disability benefits, her family say. Laura Winham’s body was not found until May 2021, […]

Inquiry on accessible transport ‘is a victory for disabled activists’

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Transport

Inquiry on accessible transport ‘is a victory for disabled activists’
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Campaigners have welcomed the decision of a committee of MPs to launch an inquiry to investigate the effectiveness of laws that are supposed to ensure an accessible transport system. The inquiry by the transport select committee – which is believed to […]

DWP’s link to suicide ‘should be examined by second inquest’, Court of Appeal is told

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s link to suicide ‘should be examined by second inquest’, Court of Appeal is told
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Links between the decision of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to stop the benefits of a disabled woman and her subsequent suicide should be considered by a fresh inquest, the Court of Appeal has heard. The court was hearing […]

Network Rail installs new £700,000 footbridge that is inaccessible to wheelchair-users

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Transport

Network Rail installs new £700,000 footbridge that is inaccessible to wheelchair-users
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Accessible transport campaigners have expressed shock and alarm at the decision of Network Rail to install an “innovative” railway footbridge that is completely inaccessible to many disabled people. Network Rail described the opening of the prototype bridge (pictured) as a “major […]

Disabled people tell MPs of ‘bleak’ cost-of-living struggle

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Politics

Disabled people tell MPs of ‘bleak’ cost-of-living struggle
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MPs have been told of the desperate struggle for survival many disabled people are facing because of their spiralling living costs. Members of the Commons women and equalities committee were hearing evidence yesterday (Wednesday) from two disabled people and a carer […]

Quarter of a million petition Tesco over inaccessible tills

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Independent Living

Quarter of a million petition Tesco over inaccessible tills
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Nearly a quarter of a million people have signed a disabled campaigner’s petition that calls for supermarket giant Tesco to stop introducing self-service, card-only tills in its stores. Pat McCarthy (pictured) says her local supermarket in Osterley, west London, is becoming […]

Claimant deaths still linked to systemic flaws in benefits system, DWP document shows

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Claimant deaths still linked to systemic flaws in benefits system, DWP document shows
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Scores of deaths of claimants in the last three years have been linked to persistent, systemic flaws in the way benefits are managed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), an official document has shown. The DWP document, released to […]

Coffey scrapped plan for independent review of sanctions, DWP admits

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coffey scrapped plan for independent review of sanctions, DWP admits
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The government abandoned proposals for an independent review of its much-criticised sanctions policy, the latest example of how a minister watered down plans to prevent suicides and learn lessons from the deaths of benefit claimants. The decision to further limit the […]

Second Labour-led inquiry in two months fails to demand end to care charges

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Independent Living

Second Labour-led inquiry in two months fails to demand end to care charges
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A second inquiry in two months has issued a call for wholesale reform of the social care system without delivering a clear and urgent demand for an end to care charges. Reimagining Care was commissioned by the Archbishops of Canterbury and […]

Silent vigil will mark latest stage in fight for second Jodey Whiting inquest

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Silent vigil will mark latest stage in fight for second Jodey Whiting inquest
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Disabled activists and allies will hold a silent vigil outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday to mark the latest stage in the fight for a second inquest into the death of Jodey Whiting. Joy Dove, Jodey’s mother, has been […]

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DWP failings linked to death of claimant whose body lay undiscovered for years

Inquiry on accessible transport ‘is a victory for disabled activists’

DWP’s link to suicide ‘should be examined by second inquest’, Court of Appeal is told

Network Rail installs new £700,000 footbridge that is inaccessible to wheelchair-users

Disabled people tell MPs of ‘bleak’ cost-of-living struggle

Quarter of a million petition Tesco over inaccessible tills

Claimant deaths still linked to systemic flaws in benefits system, DWP document shows

Coffey scrapped plan for independent review of sanctions, DWP admits

Second Labour-led inquiry in two months fails to demand end to care charges

Silent vigil will mark latest stage in fight for second Jodey Whiting inquest

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