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Labour government faces questions over why it stuffed access to elected office committee with Tories

By John Pring on 12th June 2025 Category: Politics

Labour government faces questions over why it stuffed access to elected office committee with Tories
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The Labour government has refused to explain why more than a third of the members of a new steering group that will target the barriers to elected office faced by disabled people have close links to the Conservative party. Nearly a […]

Tory minister banned DWP from using the word ‘safeguarding’, MPs are told

By John Pring on 13th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tory minister banned DWP from using the word ‘safeguarding’, MPs are told
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A Conservative minister banned the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from using the word “safeguarding”, despite DWP’s connection with countless deaths of disabled benefit claimants since 2010, MPs have been told. Labour’s new social security and disability minister, Sir Stephen […]

DWP blocked researchers from discussing ‘shocking’ data on ESA suicide attempts in ‘unique’ report

By John Pring on 23rd January 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP blocked researchers from discussing ‘shocking’ data on ESA suicide attempts in ‘unique’ report
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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) civil servants who commissioned a key piece of research on claimants of out-of-work disability benefits blocked researchers from discussing “shocking” data showing how many of them had attempted suicide. The research, commissioned in 2018, examined […]

High court victory over Tory DWP cuts will provide impetus to fight any Labour plans, say activists

By John Pring on 23rd January 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

High court victory over Tory DWP cuts will provide impetus to fight any Labour plans, say activists
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A “groundbreaking” legal victory at the high court has provided fuel for disabled activists to fight the new government’s expected cuts to spending on disability benefits, and to call on ministers to meet their legal obligations to co-produce policy. Disabled activist […]

Minister told it is ‘not too late’ to change direction and stop favouring big charities

By John Pring on 23rd January 2025 Category: Politics

Minister told it is ‘not too late’ to change direction and stop favouring big charities
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The new disability minister has been told it is “not too late to change course”, after government figures showed he has prioritised meetings with the big disability charities over engagement with disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). The figures, obtained by Disability News […]

Tory ministers blocked ‘unique’ research on ESA claimants from inclusion in benefit cuts green paper

By John Pring on 16th January 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tory ministers blocked ‘unique’ research on ESA claimants from inclusion in benefit cuts green paper
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Conservative ministers prevented research that showed disabled people on out-of-work benefits were subject to high levels of stress, debt and isolation from being included in a controversial policy paper that called for cuts to spending on those benefits. The research had […]

Ministers decided to sit on critical PIP report, just days before publishing ‘brutal’ green paper

By John Pring on 16th January 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers decided to sit on critical PIP report, just days before publishing ‘brutal’ green paper
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Conservative ministers decided to hide a report that exposed the flaws of the “degrading” personal independence payment (PIP) system, just five days before they published proposals to replace PIP cash payments with vouchers or one-off grants, ministerial emails have revealed. Disability […]

Elections watchdog criticises political parties for failing on accessible manifestos

By John Pring on 14th November 2024 Category: Politics

Elections watchdog criticises political parties for failing on accessible manifestos
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The elections watchdog has criticised political parties that failed to produce their general election manifestos in accessible formats. The Electoral Commission has also highlighted how disabled candidates were still not able to secure government funding to support them with their access […]

Badenoch’s ‘sinister’ comments on mental health and autism raise fears about future Tory disability policies

By John Pring on 17th October 2024 Category: Politics

Badenoch’s ‘sinister’ comments on mental health and autism raise fears about future Tory disability policies
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Disabled people have reacted with alarm to “stigmatising”, “damaging” and “inaccurate” comments about mental health and autism by Kemi Badenoch, the right-wing Conservative MP who could soon be the next leader of her party. The comments were made in a pamphlet […]

Research ‘sat on’ by DWP exposed how ‘degrading’ PIP system left disabled people ‘numb’ and ‘broken’

By John Pring on 10th October 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Research ‘sat on’ by DWP exposed how ‘degrading’ PIP system left disabled people ‘numb’ and ‘broken’
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Research suppressed by the last government exposed how the “degrading” personal independence payment (PIP) system and its dishonest and unfair assessments left disabled people “broken”, “numb” and “fuming”. The research, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), examined the […]

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