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Disability rights have regressed in nine areas, says EHRC

By John Pring on 6th April 2017 Category: Human Rights

Disability rights have regressed in nine areas, says EHRC
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Disabled people’s rights have regressed in at least nine areas since the coalition government assumed power in 2010, according to a new report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The report concludes that disabled people are still being treated […]

Mother of ‘fit for work’ victim calls for ministers to face criminal charges

By John Pring on 9th February 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Mother of ‘fit for work’ victim calls for ministers to face criminal charges
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The mother of a disabled man who starved to death after he was found “fit for work” and lost his out-of-work disability benefits has called for ministers to face criminal charges. Jill Gant says work and pensions ministers should be tried […]

Coroner orders inquest into ‘fit for work’ man who collapsed after leaving jobcentre

By John Pring on 26th January 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coroner orders inquest into ‘fit for work’ man who collapsed after leaving jobcentre
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About 100 activists and their allies have taken part in a protest and vigil to mark the death of a disabled man who died minutes after leaving a jobcentre… six months after a government contractor found him “fit for work”. Lawrence […]

Spending watchdog calls for ‘wide-ranging’ review of benefit sanctions regime

By John Pring on 1st December 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Spending watchdog calls for ‘wide-ranging’ review of benefit sanctions regime
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The government has been heavily-criticised by the public spending watchdog for failing to investigate how its own sanctions regime affects disabled people and other claimants of out-of-work benefits. The National Audit Office (NAO) report says the Department for Work and Pensions […]

Coroner asked to explain failure to hold inquest into benefit sanctions death

By John Pring on 3rd November 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coroner asked to explain failure to hold inquest into benefit sanctions death
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Lawyers for the sister of a disabled man who died after his benefits were sanctioned have asked a coroner to explain why there was no inquest into his death. Gill Thompson has paid for the legal action through crowd-funding, raising more […]

‘Grave concern’ over coroner’s refusal to hold inquest into Maximus WRAG death

By John Pring on 27th October 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Grave concern’ over coroner’s refusal to hold inquest into Maximus WRAG death
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A coroner has refused to hold an inquest into the death of a disabled man who had a fatal heart attack an hour after being told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was threatening to stop his benefits. Alan McArdle, […]

Activists say why Duncan Smith and Grayling ‘must face criminal justice system’

By John Pring on 24th March 2016 Category: Crime

Activists say why Duncan Smith and Grayling ‘must face criminal justice system’
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Disabled activists and disabled people’s organisations have explained why they are backing a call for two former work and pensions ministers to face a criminal investigation for misconduct in public office. Many of the country’s leading disabled campaigners have spoken out […]

Yvette Cooper slams ‘appalling’ failure of ministers to act over coroner’s letter

By John Pring on 17th March 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Yvette Cooper slams ‘appalling’ failure of ministers to act over coroner’s letter
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Labour’s former work and pensions secretary has attacked Tory ministers for failing to order an urgent review of the “fitness for work” test after a coroner warned that it had triggered a disabled man’s suicide. Yvette Cooper has told Disability News […]

Stephen Carré scandal: DWP ‘finds’ draft report that was never sent to coroner  

By John Pring on 18th February 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Stephen Carré scandal: DWP ‘finds’ draft report that was never sent to coroner  
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unearthed a “draft” report that ministers failed to send to a coroner six years ago, following concerns he raised about a suicide linked to flaws in the “fitness for work” test. The draft […]

Abrahams drags New Labour into Stephen Carré suicide report cover-up

By John Pring on 11th February 2016 Category: Politics

Abrahams drags New Labour into Stephen Carré suicide report cover-up
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The shadow minister for disabled people has implicated New Labour in an apparent cover-up of the government’s failure to respond to a coroner’s report on the suicide of a disabled man found “fit for work”. Debbie Abrahams has repeatedly refused to […]

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