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COMMENT: UN disability convention must adapt to the shape of things to come

By guest on 5th August 2015 Category: Human Rights

COMMENT: UN disability convention must adapt to the shape of things to come
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By Laszlo Lovaszy, member of the UN’s Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; lecturer at the University of Pecs, Hungary; and adviser to the European Parliament As a member of the CRPD committee, I am responsible for scrutinizing the […]

PIP claimants five times more likely to face delays if tested by Atos, DWP admits

By John Pring on 31st July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP claimants five times more likely to face delays if tested by Atos, DWP admits
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The proportion of disabled people stuck in the queue to be assessed for the government’s new disability benefit is more than five times higher in parts of the country managed by Atos Healthcare, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. Department for […]

Concern over review that will examine ‘bullying’ forced treatment plans

By John Pring on 31st July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Concern over review that will examine ‘bullying’ forced treatment plans
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Government proposals that some groups of disabled people should have their benefits cut if they refuse treatment have been branded “ethically unacceptable” and “sheer bullying”. The Conservative pledge to carry out a review into the proposals was treated with shock and […]

Tanni says 10,000 signatures could finally transform wheelchair services

By John Pring on 24th July 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tanni says 10,000 signatures could finally transform wheelchair services
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A disabled peer has appealed for more than 10 000 people to put their names to a new campaigning charter, in order to pressure health bosses and politicians into improving England’s much-criticised wheelchair services. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson posed for pictures outside […]

Court hears appeal on ‘unfair’ PIP 20 metre rule consultation

By John Pring on 17th July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Court hears appeal on ‘unfair’ PIP 20 metre rule consultation
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A government consultation on plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit was unfair and unlawful, the court of appeal heard this week. Last year disabled campaigner and blogger Steve Sumpter failed in a judicial review of whether the government […]

Private sector ‘shames government on Equality Act’

By John Pring on 17th July 2015 Category: Independent Living

Private sector ‘shames government on Equality Act’
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The private sector has implemented the Equality Act far better than central and local government a committee of peers has been told by a prominent disabled campaigner. The peers were told that the focus on disability discrimination had faded since the […]

Budget: Chancellor’s WRAG decision is ‘misguided’ and ‘cruel’

By John Pring on 10th July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Budget: Chancellor’s WRAG decision is ‘misguided’ and ‘cruel’
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Disabled people and their organisations have branded this week’s budget misguided and cruel, and say it will drag many more disabled people into poverty. Their chief target was the chancellor’s decision to remove – from April 2017 – the extra financial […]

Minister fails to solve mystery of Swansea’s ‘Disability Confident City’ accolade

By John Pring on 3rd July 2015 Category: Employment

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The minister for disabled people has risked ridicule after announcing that Swansea has become the country’s first “Disability Confident City”, despite being unable to explain why it was chosen. The announcement was timed to coincide with a Disability Confident conference that […]

Trust and charity deny DWP mental health links, after protesters march on jobcentre

By John Pring on 3rd July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Trust and charity deny DWP mental health links, after protesters march on jobcentre
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An NHS trust and a homelessness charity have failed to dispel concerns that a new centre for mental health services is closely linked to government plans to push people in mental distress off benefits. Scores of protesters marched on a jobcentre […]

ILF closure: DPAC brings fight to save fund to the heart of Westminster

By John Pring on 26th June 2015 Category: Independent Living

ILF closure: DPAC brings fight to save fund to the heart of Westminster
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Disabled activists came close to forcing their way into the main debating chamber of the House of Commons during prime minister’s questions, in a last-ditch protest against the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The direct action came during a […]

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