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Labour conference: Disabled members welcome Corbyn’s re-election

By John Pring on 29th September 2016 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Disabled members welcome Corbyn’s re-election
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Disabled party members have given overwhelming backing to the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour party. Corbyn was elected with 62 per cent of the vote, in a result announced on the first day of Labour’s annual conference […]

DWP sends woman’s confidential WCA report to privacy campaigner

By John Pring on 29th September 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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A disabled benefit claimant is set to lodge a complaint with the information commissioner after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) sent him highly confidential medical details belonging to another benefit claimant. The man was sent the report, written by […]

Labour conference: Young campaigner calls for fellow workers to spread the word

By John Pring on 29th September 2016 Category: Employment

Labour conference: Young campaigner calls for fellow workers to spread the word
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A young campaigner has called on other disabled people to share their experiences of successful employment in order to help narrow the disability employment gap. Lauren Pitt told a fringe meeting at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool that she wanted to […]

Labour conference: Corbyn wins plaudits over shadow mental health minister

By John Pring on 29th September 2016 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Corbyn wins plaudits over shadow mental health minister
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Disabled party activists have welcomed the Labour leader’s decision to back their campaign for him to reinstate the post of shadow cabinet minister for mental health. Jeremy Corbyn was forced to scrap the post he created only last year in July […]

‘Fit for work’ suicide man’s sister tried to take her own life after DWP ordeal

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Fit for work’ suicide man’s sister tried to take her own life after DWP ordeal
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The sister of a man driven to suicide by the “fitness for work” system tried to take her own life after being “treated like a criminal” by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over her benefit claims. Eleanor Donnachie believes […]

Nurse and her GP husband lodge complaint over ‘lies’ told by Capita PIP assessor

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Nurse and her GP husband lodge complaint over ‘lies’ told by Capita PIP assessor
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A benefits assessor working for the outsourcing company Capita repeatedly “lied” in her report, after carrying out a face-to-face assessment of a disabled nurse which was observed by her husband, a retired GP. The disabled woman and her husband have asked […]

Government agency ‘blocked attempts to expose abuse of bus access loophole’

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Transport

Government agency ‘blocked attempts to expose abuse of bus access loophole’
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Some bus companies are taking advantage of a loophole that means they can avoid their legal obligations to ensure their buses are accessible to disabled people, the industry’s own trade association has admitted. The admission from the Confederation of Passenger Transport […]

Lib Dem conference: Bid to scrap WCA approved, despite calls for more radical reform

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Lib Dem conference: Bid to scrap WCA approved, despite calls for more radical reform
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Liberal Democrats have voted for a new social security policy that will scrap the “fitness for work” test and all benefit sanctions, despite many disabled party members calling for a more radical approach to welfare reform. The vote at the party’s […]

Lib Dem conference: Lamb calls for new care tax, but rejects free, needs-led service

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Independent Living

Lib Dem conference: Lamb calls for new care tax, but rejects free, needs-led service
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The Liberal Democrats have announced plans for a dedicated NHS and social care tax, but have stopped short of following the Green party and Labour in backing a national, free, needs-led system of support. Norman Lamb, the party’s health and care […]

Lib Dem conference: Party picks first Westminster candidate from all-disabled shortlist

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Party picks first Westminster candidate from all-disabled shortlist
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The Liberal Democrats have become the first political party to pick a candidate to fight a parliamentary seat from a shortlist containing only disabled people. Former MP Stephen Lloyd, who lost his Eastbourne seat at the 2015 election by just 733 […]

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