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Letter to BBC tells of ‘outpouring of hurt and distress’ over benefit fraud drama

By John Pring on 19th November 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Letter to BBC tells of ‘outpouring of hurt and distress’ over benefit fraud drama
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Campaigners have written to the BBC to express the “outpouring of hurt and distress” felt by disabled people over its decision to broadcast a disabled-led drama that mirrored years of deeply damaging government rhetoric about benefit cheats. The Real Deal (pictured) […]

‘Definitive’ account of austerity decade ‘provides evidence of government’s shame’

By John Pring on 17th October 2019 Category: Human Rights

‘Definitive’ account of austerity decade ‘provides evidence of government’s shame’
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The government is continuing to breach disabled people’s rights despite repeated exposure by the United Nations, according to a new book that provides a “definitive” account of the harm caused by a decade of cuts and reforms. In Second Class Citizens, […]

Ideas to replace WCA with new assessment framework win some support

By John Pring on 13th December 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Ideas to replace WCA with new assessment framework win some support
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Disabled activists have delivered a generally positive response to fresh ideas on how to replace the hated fitness for work test with a new assessment framework that would restore “dignity and respect” to those unable to work full-time. The ideas were […]

Project aims for inclusion and a collective voice for ‘spoonies’

By John Pring on 13th July 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Project aims for inclusion and a collective voice for ‘spoonies’
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Disabled activists behind a pioneering new project are aiming to build the first organisation that will give people with chronic illness the chance to have their voices heard outside their own “social media bubble”. The Chronic Illness Inclusion Project plans to […]

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