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Government questioned over ‘unforgivable’ failures on vaccine priority

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government questioned over ‘unforgivable’ failures on vaccine priority
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Three separate user-led groups have questioned the government’s “unforgivable” failure to ensure that disabled people with underlying health conditions are treated as a priority for the COVID-19 vaccination programme. They fear that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of disabled people […]

Regulator fails to record key details from scheme sending COVID patients into care homes

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Independent Living

Regulator fails to record key details from scheme sending COVID patients into care homes
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The care regulator has admitted failing to track vital details about scores of care homes that are being allowed to accept patients infected with COVID-19, while older and disabled people not yet infected occupy other parts of the same buildings. The […]

‘Why did it take disabled man’s death to lead to rail safety action?’ campaigners ask

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Transport

‘Why did it take disabled man’s death to lead to rail safety action?’ campaigners ask
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Investigators who examined the death of a visually-impaired man who fell from a railway platform that had no tactile strip to warn him he was approaching the edge say only half of UK mainline stations have such markings. The Rail Accident […]

Ministers silent after sitting on report on discrimination in politics for more than a year

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Politics

Ministers silent after sitting on report on discrimination in politics for more than a year
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The government has sat for more than a year on a report that is set to expose the barriers faced by disabled people in accessing elected office, and the discrimination they face at the hands of political parties. The report, commissioned […]

Claim that government reduced the disability employment gap is wrong, experts tell MPs

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Employment

Claim that government reduced the disability employment gap is wrong, experts tell MPs
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The government has made no progress since 2010 in closing the disability employment gap, MPs were told yesterday by academics. Ministers have long bragged about their success in reducing the difference between the proportion of disabled people and non-disabled people in […]

Two flagship DWP disability jobs schemes slated in front of MPs

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Employment

Two flagship DWP disability jobs schemes slated in front of MPs
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Two of the government’s flagship disability employment schemes have been heavily criticised by a pair of disabled campaigners in a parliamentary evidence session. The Commons work and pensions committee was hearing evidence for its inquiry into the disability employment gap, the […]

Government’s 2016 welfare reforms ‘had devastating impact on disabled people’

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Government’s 2016 welfare reforms ‘had devastating impact on disabled people’
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Government welfare reforms introduced in 2016 have had a “devastating” impact on disabled people and others in low-income households over the last five years, according to a new report by a group of MPs and peers. The report (PDF) by the […]

ONS suggests NHS disability discrimination may have increased risk of COVID deaths

By John Pring on 18th February 2021 Category: Human Rights

ONS suggests NHS disability discrimination may have increased risk of COVID deaths
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Official figures have provided the first statistical evidence to suggest that unfair practices or discrimination within the NHS may have caused disabled people to be at a higher risk of death from COVID-19 during the pandemic. The Office for National Statistics […]

DWP records ‘show Tomlinson is either a liar or a fantasist’ over engagement claims

By John Pring on 18th February 2021 Category: Politics

DWP records ‘show Tomlinson is either a liar or a fantasist’ over engagement claims
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Government records have shown that the minister for disabled people significantly misled fellow MPs about his supposed engagement with a network he and his fellow ministers set up to hear disabled people’s “real lived experiences”. The newly-published records of ministerial meetings […]

Audio recording option set to be introduced for all PIP assessments, says DWP

By John Pring on 18th February 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Audio recording option set to be introduced for all PIP assessments, says DWP
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally agreed that all disabled people being assessed for personal independence payment (PIP) will be able to have their face-to-face assessments recorded. The promise has come in a letter to the Right to […]

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Government questioned over ‘unforgivable’ failures on vaccine priority

Regulator fails to record key details from scheme sending COVID patients into care homes

‘Why did it take disabled man’s death to lead to rail safety action?’ campaigners ask

Ministers silent after sitting on report on discrimination in politics for more than a year

Claim that government reduced the disability employment gap is wrong, experts tell MPs

Two flagship DWP disability jobs schemes slated in front of MPs

Government’s 2016 welfare reforms ‘had devastating impact on disabled people’

ONS suggests NHS disability discrimination may have increased risk of COVID deaths

DWP records ‘show Tomlinson is either a liar or a fantasist’ over engagement claims

Audio recording option set to be introduced for all PIP assessments, says DWP

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