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New figures on COVID deaths of younger disabled people ‘show need for vaccine action’

By John Pring on 4th March 2021 Category: Human Rights

New figures on COVID deaths of younger disabled people ‘show need for vaccine action’
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Younger disabled people are at a far higher risk of dying from coronavirus than non-disabled people the same age, even after allowing for factors such as underlying health conditions, according to previously unreported official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) […]

Coronavirus: Return of benefit sanctions in middle of pandemic ‘is barbaric’

By John Pring on 2nd July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coronavirus: Return of benefit sanctions in middle of pandemic ‘is barbaric’
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Disabled campaigners have described the government’s decision to reintroduce benefit sanctions – in the middle of a pandemic – as “barbaric” and “life threatening”. The decision meant an end to the three-month suspension of benefit sanctions and conditionality* in England, Scotland […]

Coronavirus: Call for inquiry and urgent action after ‘shocking’ disability death stats

By John Pring on 25th June 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Call for inquiry and urgent action after ‘shocking’ disability death stats
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Disabled people’s organisations have demanded an inquiry into the reasons behind the disproportionately high number of deaths of disabled people during the pandemic, following the publication of “shocking” and long-overdue official figures. They have also called on the government to take […]

Coronavirus: Anxiety and confusion over ‘dangerous’ move to ease shielding

By John Pring on 25th June 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Anxiety and confusion over ‘dangerous’ move to ease shielding
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The government’s decision to further ease measures that have been protecting hundreds of thousands of disabled people from coronavirus since late March has left many of them “stunned and anxious”, say campaigners. The 2.2 million people currently described as “clinically extremely […]

New alliance to scrap universal credit aims to mirror anti-poll tax campaign

By John Pring on 25th June 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

New alliance to scrap universal credit aims to mirror anti-poll tax campaign
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Disabled activists have called for opponents of universal credit (UC) across the country to help mirror the campaign that led to the poll tax being abandoned in the early 1990s, by joining a new national alliance that is demanding UC is […]

Coronavirus: Government’s lockdown decision ‘deliberately puts disabled people at risk’

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Politics

Coronavirus: Government’s lockdown decision ‘deliberately puts disabled people at risk’
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Disabled people have attacked the government’s decision to start lifting the lockdown that has been in place since March, and have warned that some people with long-term health conditions could pay for that move with their lives. The prime minister, Boris […]

Coronavirus: Second NHS trust accused of ‘respiratory roulette’ discrimination

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Second NHS trust accused of ‘respiratory roulette’ discrimination
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A second NHS trust in England has refused to provide people with neuromuscular conditions with the replacement ventilator filters that help keep them alive, because they were being reserved for patients with coronavirus. Last week, there was outrage on social media […]

Coronavirus: Crisis ‘has led to cuts in support and struggle for food and treatment’

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Crisis ‘has led to cuts in support and struggle for food and treatment’
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Significant numbers of disabled people in Scotland have had their care and support packages cut or stopped because of the coronavirus pandemic, new research by a national user-led organisation suggests. Inclusion Scotland said that 30 per cent of those who responded […]

Coronavirus: Success for disabled duo after NHS England backs down on visitor policy

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Success for disabled duo after NHS England backs down on visitor policy
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NHS England has agreed to change its policy on hospital visitors so that it no longer discriminates against disabled people, in the face of at least two legal challenges. It was facing the threat of legal action after refusing to update […]

Coronavirus: Industry brushes off EHRC concerns over discrimination by supermarkets

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Industry brushes off EHRC concerns over discrimination by supermarkets
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Retailers have brushed off a call from the equality watchdog for supermarkets to ensure that disabled people can shop for food and other essentials during the pandemic crisis. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said a mass legal action being […]

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