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Silent vigil will mark latest stage in fight for second Jodey Whiting inquest

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

Silent vigil will mark latest stage in fight for second Jodey Whiting inquest
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Disabled activists and allies will hold a silent vigil outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday to mark the latest stage in the fight for a second inquest into the death of Jodey Whiting. Joy Dove, Jodey’s mother, has been […]

Universal credit judgment ‘shows legal system has failed us again’

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

Universal credit judgment ‘shows legal system has failed us again’
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Activists say the legal system has failed disabled people again, after a court found ministers acted lawfully during the pandemic when they refused to offer people on legacy benefits the same £20-a-week increase given to those on universal credit. Three Court […]

Court hears universal credit £20 uplift appeal, as activists vow to fight back

By John Pring on 8th December 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Court hears universal credit £20 uplift appeal, as activists vow to fight back
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Disabled campaigners were outside the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday (Wednesday) to highlight the “appalling discrimination” experienced by an estimated two million claimants who were denied a £20-a-week rise in their benefits during the pandemic. They spoke of the “heinous” failure […]

Mother ‘cries tears of joy’ after winning second chance to challenge DWP inquest ruling

By John Pring on 6th October 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Mother ‘cries tears of joy’ after winning second chance to challenge DWP inquest ruling
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The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life when her benefits were wrongly stopped has described how she cried “tears of joy” after being told she had won another chance to seek a second inquest into her daughter’s […]

Claimants win chance to appeal ‘punch in the guts’ court ruling on £20 uplift

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

Claimants win chance to appeal ‘punch in the guts’ court ruling on £20 uplift
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A disabled benefit claimant has spoken of his relief at securing the chance to challenge a court’s finding that the government did not break the law when refusing to offer recipients of so-called legacy benefits a £20-a-week increase during the pandemic. […]

Appeal court overturns controversial sex worker ruling

By John Pring on 28th October 2021 Category: Crime

Appeal court overturns controversial sex worker ruling
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The court of appeal has overturned a controversial legal ruling that found it would be lawful for a care worker to enable a young disabled man to pay for time with a sex worker. A Court of Protection judge concluded in […]

Relief after court rejects latest assisted suicide legal bid and highlights law change dangers

By John Pring on 28th June 2018 Category: Human Rights

Relief after court rejects latest assisted suicide legal bid and highlights law change dangers
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Disabled activists have welcomed the court of appeal’s decision to reject the latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide. They spoke out after three senior judges yesterday (Wednesday) rejected the judicial review brought by Noel Conway, who is terminally-ill with motor neurone […]

Failed legal bid ‘shows UN was right to call for a right to independent living’

By John Pring on 7th September 2017 Category: Independent Living

Failed legal bid ‘shows UN was right to call for a right to independent living’
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The case of a man who lost his legal bid to reverse a drastic cut to his support package shows the United Nations was right to call on the UK government to introduce a legal right to independent living, say disabled […]

DPO plans court vigil as it intervenes in ‘hugely significant’ Care Act case

By John Pring on 10th August 2017 Category: Independent Living

DPO plans court vigil as it intervenes in ‘hugely significant’ Care Act case
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A disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has intervened in a “hugely significant” court of appeal hearing that is set to decide how far the government’s Care Act protects disabled people’s independent living and well-being.   Inclusion London is the first DPO to […]

Activist loses appeal over ‘unfair’ 20 metres PIP consultation

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Activist loses appeal over ‘unfair’ 20 metres PIP consultation
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An activist has lost a bid to prove that a public consultation on plans to tighten eligibility for the new disability benefit was unlawful, but says the legal case has still exposed the government’s “callous disregard for disabled people”. The court of appeal […]

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