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MPs ‘have missed the real flaws of Work Choice’

By John Pring on 23rd October 2015 Category: Employment

MPs ‘have missed the real flaws of Work Choice’
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A disabled researcher and campaigner has criticised a new report by a cross-party committee of MPs for failing to acknowledge fully the “perverse contradiction” at the heart of the government’s specialist employment programme. Catherine Hale, who wrote a well-received review on the failure […]

UN investigators begin taking evidence in UK on ‘rights violations’

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Human Rights

UN investigators begin taking evidence in UK on ‘rights violations’
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A team of United Nations investigators has this week begun a two-week visit to the UK as part of an inquiry into allegations of “systematic and grave” violations of disabled people’s human rights. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed in August 2014 […]

Paralympian jailed for ‘protecting his friends from homophobic abuse’

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Crime

Paralympian jailed for ‘protecting his friends from homophobic abuse’
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Distraught relatives and supporters of a Paralympic football star are fighting for justice after he was jailed for punching a man who had subjected him and two friends to a stream of homophobic and disablist abuse. They say that George Fletcher […]

Government hides information on death of Michael O’Sullivan

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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The government is refusing to release information that would reveal which ministers and civil servants decided how to respond to the death of a man who killed himself as a direct result of being found “fit for work”. Disability News Service […]

Disabled smoker with ‘poor coordination’ died in fire while left alone with no care

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Independent Living

Disabled smoker with ‘poor coordination’ died in fire while left alone with no care
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A disabled woman died in a house fire, despite her family repeatedly warning the authorities about the risks caused by a care package which left her with no support for two hours every day, a safeguarding review has concluded. Amanda Richards […]

WRAG cuts will ‘lead to more tragedies’, says Abrahams

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Politics

WRAG cuts will ‘lead to more tragedies’, says Abrahams
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Planned cuts to out-of-work disability benefits will lead to more “tragedies” in which disabled people will lose their lives, Labour’s new shadow minister for disabled people has told fellow MPs. Debbie Abrahams, a former public health consultant, was speaking as she […]

Activist loses appeal over ‘unfair’ 20 metres PIP consultation

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Activist loses appeal over ‘unfair’ 20 metres PIP consultation
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An activist has lost a bid to prove that a public consultation on plans to tighten eligibility for the new disability benefit was unlawful, but says the legal case has still exposed the government’s “callous disregard for disabled people”. The court of appeal […]

‘Whitewash’ fear after Leonard Cheshire wins £300,000 lottery cash for history project

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

‘Whitewash’ fear after Leonard Cheshire wins £300,000 lottery cash for history project
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Activists have attacked the decision to give nearly £300, 000 of national lottery funding to Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD) to research disabled people’s history. They say the non-user-led charity is in no position to carry out such research, and fear the […]

Employee forced to return to factory after seven years of harassment

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Employment

Employee forced to return to factory after seven years of harassment
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A disabled man has had to return to the factory where he has twice been victimised by the same manager in a campaign of bullying and harassment that he says has lasted more than seven years. An employment tribunal has decided […]

Shocking survey results show ‘yawning gap’ between Care Act and real life

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Independent Living

Shocking survey results show ‘yawning gap’ between Care Act and real life
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Nearly half of disabled people receiving care and support from their local authority say their quality of life has fallen in the last year, despite major new legislation designed to boost their well-being, choice and control. The survey of 399 disabled […]

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