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Minister admits fatal flaws in universal credit ‘need to be fixed’ and tells DNS: ‘You’ve been onto something very important’

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Minister admits fatal flaws in universal credit ‘need to be fixed’ and tells DNS: ‘You’ve been onto something very important’
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The minister for social security has admitted there are serious safety concerns with universal credit, following coroners’ reports that linked the working-age benefits system with the suicides of two disabled claimants. Sir Stephen Timms is the first minister of any political […]

Labour still ‘not sure’ on care charges, 12 months after ‘working on it’ pledge

By John Pring on 12th October 2023 Category: Independent Living

Labour still ‘not sure’ on care charges, 12 months after ‘working on it’ pledge
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Labour has dodged a promise made 12 months ago that it would produce a policy on whether it would reduce or scrap care charges if it wins power at the next general election. Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting […]

Burnham pledges to challenge Labour leaders over broken promise on rights

By John Pring on 28th September 2023 Category: Human Rights

Burnham pledges to challenge Labour leaders over broken promise on rights
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have secured a promise from Greater Manchester’s mayor that he will ask his party why it dropped a promise to implement the UN disability convention into UK law if it wins the next general election. Andy Burnham […]

Successful care charging campaign ‘led to huge change’ in co-produced policy

By John Pring on 28th September 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Successful care charging campaign ‘led to huge change’ in co-produced policy
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A disabled activist has told a major conference of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) how a successful campaign to end discriminatory care charges in a London borough has led to powerful change in other key areas of independent living. Kevin Caulfield told […]

Vital conference will discuss disabled people’s pre-election demands

By John Pring on 17th August 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Vital conference will discuss disabled people’s pre-election demands
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Disabled people’s organisations will gather next month for a crucial national conference that will discuss their policy demands ahead of the next general election. The conference is being organised by the two leading networks of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in England, […]

One in five disabled people can’t afford essentials, survey reveals

By John Pring on 20th October 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

One in five disabled people can’t afford essentials, survey reveals
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Disabled people are being “forgotten and effectively abandoned”, forced to rely on foodbanks, and having to cut back on how much they eat, because of the cost-of-living crisis, according to new research by 15 disabled people’s organisations in Greater Manchester. Disabled […]

Burnham praises disabled people’s panel after it exposes severity of cost-of-living crisis

By John Pring on 20th October 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Burnham praises disabled people’s panel after it exposes severity of cost-of-living crisis
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Greater Manchester’s mayor has praised the work of disabled people’s organisations that has exposed the “severity” of the cost-of-living crisis, even before the onset of winter. The survey by Greater Manchester Disabled People’s Panel* found one in five disabled people could […]

Labour conference: Labour to prioritise care workers over service-users if it wins power

By John Pring on 29th September 2022 Category: Independent Living

Labour conference: Labour to prioritise care workers over service-users if it wins power
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The Labour party will prioritise increasing the wages of care workers above the need to eliminate the charges disabled people are forced to pay for their social care, if it wins power at the next election. Wes Streeting, the shadow health […]

Labour conference: Burnham calls on his party to back free social care

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Independent Living

Labour conference: Burnham calls on his party to back free social care
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Former Labour health secretary Andy Burnham has called on his party to back a policy of providing free social care that he says would ensure independent living for disabled people. Burnham, who has been the mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, […]

New disabled people’s panel inspired by ground-breaking projects

By John Pring on 3rd June 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

New disabled people’s panel inspired by ground-breaking projects
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in Cheshire hope a new disabled people’s panel will allow them to work in co-production with the public sector across the county, after being inspired by ground-breaking projects in Greater Manchester and a London borough. Five DPOs […]

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