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#CripTheVoteUK campaign ‘may have awakened disabled voters’

By John Pring on 7th June 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

#CripTheVoteUK campaign ‘may have awakened disabled voters’
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A new, non-partisan online campaign could have helped bring about an “awakening” among some disabled people that their hard-fought rights are at stake in tomorrow’s general election, according to its founders. #CripTheVoteUK was only launched in late April, but the disabled […]

Benefit claimants take to social media to describe DWP ‘hell’ and ‘abuse’

By John Pring on 4th May 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Benefit claimants take to social media to describe DWP ‘hell’ and ‘abuse’
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Disabled people have described how the “terrifying” and “abusive” benefit assessments delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have seriously damaged their health, and how its failings will affect how they vote in next month’s general election. The discussion […]

Online campaign ‘could enable disabled people to affect election outcome’

By John Pring on 27th April 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Online campaign ‘could enable disabled people to affect election outcome’
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Activists hope a new non-partisan online campaign – based on a successful US user-led movement – could finally enable disabled people to become a political force in the UK, and play a significant role in deciding June’s general election. The hope […]

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