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Michelle Daley speaking into a microphone as someone holds up a large piece of paper in front of her

February 8, 2018 0

Disabled women celebrate vote centenary but warn of slow progress on rights

Disabled activists have celebrated this week’s 100-year anniversary of women gaining the right to vote but have warned that disabled women are still facing breaches of their rights in all areas of life. On Tuesday (6 February), there were public celebrations to mark 100 years since parliament passed the Representation of the People Act

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Sarah Newton speaking in Westminster Hall

February 1, 2018 0

Activists explain why they ‘clashed’ with minister after PIP debate

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Two disabled activists have explained why they “clashed” with the minister for disabled people at the end of a parliamentary debate on personal independence payment (PIP). Paula Peters and Keith Walker, from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), decided to confront Sarah Newton over the government’s record because of the “dismissive” way she had responded

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Paul Farmer speaking to protesters outside Mind's headquarters

January 25, 2018 0

Open letter from mental health activists probes charity’s links to DWP

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Disabled activists have called on the charity Mind to explain how seconding a senior member of staff to work for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over the last year has affected mental health service-users. In an open letter to the charity’s chief executive, Paul Farmer, the Mental Health Resistance Network (MHRN) raises

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Lord Blunkett speaking at a podium in front of pictures of Sir Bert Massie

January 18, 2018 0

Friends pay tribute to tenacity, wit and wisdom of Sir Bert Massie

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Disabled campaigners, MPs and peers have come together to celebrate the “wise counsel, charm and achievements” of the “remarkable” Sir Bert Massie, the former chair of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) throughout its seven years, who died in October. The memorial event in the House of Lords heard from a string of disabled friends

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A protester holds up a banner saying Disabled People Against Cuts, Rights Not Charity

January 18, 2018 0

DPAC calls national day of action to demand universal credit is scrapped

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Disabled activists are organising a national day of action to push for the government’s new universal credit benefit system to be scrapped. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) believes that the “punishing” universal credit (UC) regime, which is slowly replacing six working-age benefits, is “rotten to the core”. DPAC says UC is too flawed to

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January 18, 2018 0

Trio of disabled campaigners back Changing Places petition

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Three leading disabled campaigners have backed a petition that calls on the government to force all new large buildings to include a Changing Places toilet. The petition, launched by Lorna Fillingham, who has a disabled child, has now been signed by more than 50,000 people, and will soon be delivered to the prime minister.

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January 4, 2018 0

Campaigner’s MBE will not stop pursuit of justice for thalidomide survivors

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A disabled campaigner who has spent 14 years fighting for justice for survivors of the thalidomide scandal has vowed to continue the battle, after he was recognised with an MBE in the new year’s honours. Nick Dobrik’s years of experience on the thalidomide campaign led to him volunteering to help campaigners seeking justice for

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Jackie Driver speaking into a microphone, with some of her words in a box in the corner of the screen

December 7, 2017 0

Charities ‘must do more’ to support direct action anti-austerity activists, says DPO chair

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Disability charities must do more to support the disabled activists who are fighting austerity through direct action protests, according to a leading figure in the disabled people’s movement. Jackie Driver, who has chaired the Manchester-based disabled people’s organisation Breakthrough UK for the last 13 years, said that grassroots organisations like Disabled People Against Cuts

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December 7, 2017 0

London’s mayor broke election promise to meet disabled people’s organisations

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The mayor of London has refused to explain why he failed to keep his promise to meet representatives of the capital’s disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in his first 100 days in office. Labour’s Sadiq Khan made the pledge to three London disabled people’s organisations – Inclusion London, Transport for All and The Alliance for

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November 23, 2017 0

Ofgem’s ‘very limited’ fuel price cap ‘will lead to deaths, ill-health and misery’

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The energy regulator’s “discriminatory” plans to impose only a “very limited” cap on fuel prices will “will lead to deaths, ill health and misery” for hundreds of thousands of disabled people, say campaigners. Fuel Poverty Action (FPA) and Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) have written to Ofgem – with backing from another 30 organisations

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