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Disability sidelined by Tory and Labour conference speeches, analysis shows

By John Pring on 19th October 2023 Category: Politics

Disability sidelined by Tory and Labour conference speeches, analysis shows
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Disabled people were almost completely ignored by both main political parties at their annual conferences this month, analysis by Disability News Service has revealed*. In Manchester, only three of 21 Conservative ministers mentioned disabled people or disability in their main conference […]

Ministers ramp up hostile rhetoric, a decade after Osborne, Cameron and Duncan Smith

By John Pring on 5th October 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers ramp up hostile rhetoric, a decade after Osborne, Cameron and Duncan Smith
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Conservative ministers have used their party conference to ramp up rhetoric that blames disabled people on out-of-work benefits for the country’s economic problems, just as they did in the post-2010 coalition government. Following months of media articles highlighting the growth in […]

Minister suggests fresh PIP cuts and means-testing are still on the table

By John Pring on 5th October 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Minister suggests fresh PIP cuts and means-testing are still on the table
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The work and pensions secretary has sparked fresh concerns that a Conservative government would target the main disability benefit – personal independence payment (PIP) – for cuts and means-testing if it wins the next general election. Both Mel Stride and the […]

Disabled activists face down police to protest in front of Rishi’s hotel

By John Pring on 5th October 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled activists face down police to protest in front of Rishi’s hotel
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Disabled activists faced down police officers who tried to prevent them protesting in front of the four-star hotel where prime minister Rishi Sunak was staying during this week’s Conservative party conference in Manchester. Activists from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) gathered […]

Pursglove silent over research that linked WCA with hundreds of suicides

By John Pring on 5th October 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Pursglove silent over research that linked WCA with hundreds of suicides
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The minister for disabled people has failed five times to say whether he was aware of research linking the “fitness for work” test with 590 suicides of disabled benefit claimants, as his department prepares to tighten the assessment even further. The […]

Stride may have blundered by admitting DWP has ‘duty to act with real care’

By John Pring on 5th October 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Stride may have blundered by admitting DWP has ‘duty to act with real care’
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Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride appears to have made a significant blunder after insisting that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has a duty of care to disabled people who claim benefits, following years of DWP denials. DWP has […]

Minister silent over UN rights evidence no-show, despite criticism from disabled Tories

By John Pring on 5th October 2023 Category: Human Rights

Minister silent over UN rights evidence no-show, despite criticism from disabled Tories
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The minister for disabled people has refused three times to explain why his government failed to give evidence to the United Nations on its disability rights record, weeks after his party’s disability group expressed concern at the decision. The Conservative Disability […]

Harper dismisses disabled people’s concerns over rail ticket office closures

By John Pring on 5th October 2023 Category: Transport

Harper dismisses disabled people’s concerns over rail ticket office closures
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Transport secretary Mark Harper has dismissed concerns that plans to close hundreds of ticket offices across England will have a negative impact on disabled people’s right to “turn up and go” rail travel. Even though the proposals are set to lead […]

Minister bashful over sharp rise in Access to Work spending

By John Pring on 5th October 2023 Category: Employment

Minister bashful over sharp rise in Access to Work spending
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has declined to welcome its own figures which show a huge increase in spending on the Access to Work disability employment scheme. The new figures show spending of more than £180 million in 2022-23, […]

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