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Disability poverty campaign calls on PM to act urgently on prepayment meters

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disability poverty campaign calls on PM to act urgently on prepayment meters
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Disabled people’s organisations and allies have written to the prime minister to call for an immediate ban on energy companies forcibly installing pre-payment meters in the homes of disabled customers who have fallen into debt. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) […]

Warning of ‘humanitarian crisis’ if governments fail to act on disability poverty

By John Pring on 19th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Warning of ‘humanitarian crisis’ if governments fail to act on disability poverty
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The UK and Scottish governments have been warned of a humanitarian crisis among disabled people this winter if they fail to take “robust, immediate action” to deal with “devastating and intensifying” levels of disability poverty in Scotland. The warning was issued […]

DPO empowers disabled people to speak up about cost-of-living impact

By Tom McDonough on 3rd November 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DPO empowers disabled people to speak up about cost-of-living impact
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By Tom McDonough A user-led organisation is empowering disabled people to take more control of their finances and speak up about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis. Merton Centre for Independent Living (Merton CIL) has begun encouraging people to speak out […]

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 […]

Truss ‘must act now’ to prevent disabled people facing ‘humanitarian crisis’ this winter

By John Pring on 15th September 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Truss ‘must act now’ to prevent disabled people facing ‘humanitarian crisis’ this winter
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Campaigners have written to the new prime minister to ask her to act urgently to prevent disabled people facing a “humanitarian crisis” this winter due to the “devastating and intensifying” levels of poverty they are facing. They warn Liz Truss in […]

Funding scheme set to help small user-led groups survive with pain-free grants

By Tom McDonough on 8th September 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Funding scheme set to help small user-led groups survive with pain-free grants
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By Tom McDonough A new funding programme launched by a disabled people’s organisation aims to help small user-led mental health groups in England continue providing “life-saving” support in the heart of the cost-of-living crisis. National Survivor User Network (NSUN), a network […]

DPOs demand chancellor accepts seven-point plan to save lives this winter

By John Pring on 18th August 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DPOs demand chancellor accepts seven-point plan to save lives this winter
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Campaigning disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have called on the chancellor to accept a seven-point plan that they believe will save disabled people’s lives this winter. Members of the Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) have told Nadhim Zahawi that the millions of […]

‘Truly shocking’ figures expose disabled people’s ‘precarious’ financial situation

By John Pring on 11th August 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Truly shocking’ figures expose disabled people’s ‘precarious’ financial situation
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“Truly shocking” official statistics have exposed the deepening impact of the cost-of-living crisis on disabled people. The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show how disabled people in Britain are being hit even harder by rising prices than non-disabled […]

Government eases concerns over cost-of-living payment care charge fears

By John Pring on 23rd June 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Government eases concerns over cost-of-living payment care charge fears
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The government has eased concerns that cost-of-living support for hundreds of thousands of disabled people in England announced by the Treasury last month – which should be worth hundreds of pounds – could have been snatched back by local authorities. Chancellor […]

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