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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 […]

DPOs ‘shocked and dismayed’ over survey, as government faces threat of legal action

By John Pring on 21st January 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPOs ‘shocked and dismayed’ over survey, as government faces threat of legal action
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across the country say they are “shocked and dismayed” by the government’s failure to engage with them, as ministers prepare to publish their long-awaited disability strategy. The concerns came after the minister for disabled people, Justin Tomlinson, […]

Mystery over sharp drop in disabled people’s unemployment rate

By John Pring on 15th August 2019 Category: Employment

Mystery over sharp drop in disabled people’s unemployment rate
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Striking – but unexplained – new official figures show there has been a large fall over the last year in the proportion of disabled people who are unemployed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that the percentage of disabled […]

Broken promises have shattered hopes of right to independent living, says Morris

By John Pring on 14th March 2019 Category: Independent Living

Broken promises have shattered hopes of right to independent living, says Morris
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One of the architects of the last Labour government’s “life chances” strategy has described how “broken promises” by successive governments have shattered disabled people’s hopes of a genuine right to independent living. Dr Jenny Morris, who led the independent living section […]

New campaign to fight barriers to elected office is tribute to Lorraine Gradwell

By John Pring on 8th March 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

New campaign to fight barriers to elected office is tribute to Lorraine Gradwell
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A new campaigning organisation – named after one of Manchester’s “finest civil rights campaigners” – will fight to remove the barriers to elected office faced by disabled people in the city. The Trust Lorraine Foundation (TLF) was launched in Manchester on […]

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

By John Pring on 7th December 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

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 […]

Movement mourns Lorraine Gradwell: Role model, confidante and leader

By John Pring on 7th September 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Movement mourns Lorraine Gradwell: Role model, confidante and leader
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Fellow activists, family and friends are mourning the death of Lorraine Gradwell, who had an “immeasurable” impact on the rights and lives of other disabled people over more than 30 years of campaigning. Disabled activists paid tribute this week to her […]

Boycott call after DWP wrongly claims DPOs helped devise punitive work scheme

By John Pring on 4th May 2017 Category: Employment

Boycott call after DWP wrongly claims DPOs helped devise punitive work scheme
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Disabled activists have called on disability charities to boycott any further co-operation with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), after it wrongly claimed that disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) had helped draw up its punitive new work scheme. DWP claimed that […]

Rights take centre stage in UK on UN’s international day

By John Pring on 5th December 2014 Category: Activism and Campaigning, Human Rights, News Archive

Rights take centre stage in UK on UN’s international day
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The launch of a bid to produce a new disabled people’s manifesto for Wales was among events held this week to celebrate the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). The launch was held on 3 December by Disability Wales […]

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