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Council sparks anger over refusal to release details of care cuts agreement with consultancy 

By John Pring on 23rd May 2024 Category: Independent Living

Council sparks anger over refusal to release details of care cuts agreement with consultancy 
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Disabled campaigners say they are “horrified” at a council’s lack of transparency after it refused to release documents that would have revealed details of its agreement with a consultancy it is paying to help cut people’s care packages.  Bristol City Council […]

Stop this onslaught of attacks, say disabled people in letter to PM

By John Pring on 9th May 2024 Category: Human Rights

Stop this onslaught of attacks, say disabled people in letter to PM
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The prime minister has been asked to explain his government’s “onslaught” on disability rights, in a letter signed by more than 25 disabled people’s organisations and allies. They have accused Rishi Sunak of trying to “scare people into good health” and […]

DWP’s ‘brutal’ green paper suggests replacing PIP with vouchers or one-off grants

By John Pring on 2nd May 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s ‘brutal’ green paper suggests replacing PIP with vouchers or one-off grants
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The government is considering making it harder to claim disability benefits and even replacing cash payments with vouchers or one-off grants, as part of its latest “brutal, ideological attack” on disabled people’s support. The plans could see the Department for Work […]

PIP consultation: The key questions DWP is refusing to answer

By John Pring on 2nd May 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP consultation: The key questions DWP is refusing to answer
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to say how many disabled people it expects to lose their disability benefits if it pushes ahead with controversial proposals for reforms and spending cuts. The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the […]

‘Dangerous’ rollout of universal credit ‘poses threat’ to disabled claimants

By John Pring on 18th April 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Dangerous’ rollout of universal credit ‘poses threat’ to disabled claimants
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The “dangerous” rollout of universal credit to half a million more claimants is a potential threat to the “safety and well-being” of disabled people who currently rely on so-called “legacy” benefits to survive, disability campaigners have warned. Tens of thousands of […]

Reforms to disabled students’ support ‘will confuse and dilute our rights’

By John Pring on 18th April 2024 Category: Education

Reforms to disabled students’ support ‘will confuse and dilute our rights’
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The government is threatening to make sweeping changes to the system of support for disabled students in higher education, which would remove many individual payments and transfer further responsibility onto universities. The plans would mean that many disabled students would no […]

Letter from DPOs accuses care cuts council of ‘inhumane’ policies

By John Pring on 18th April 2024 Category: Independent Living

Letter from DPOs accuses care cuts council of ‘inhumane’ policies
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Four disabled people’s organisations have written to Bristol’s mayor to call on him to abandon “inhumane and unacceptable” social care policies that are set to breach disabled people’s right to live independently. Disability Rights UK, Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, […]

Tory MP brands plan to scrap WCA and allow work coaches to decide fitness for work ‘a crazy idea’

By John Pring on 18th April 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tory MP brands plan to scrap WCA and allow work coaches to decide fitness for work ‘a crazy idea’
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A Conservative MP has branded government plans to scrap the work capability assessment (WCA) and hand jobcentre work coaches responsibility for deciding if someone is fit for work “a crazy idea”. Nigel Mills (pictured) made the comments as the Commons work […]

Government is misrepresenting workplace disability inequality, MPs are told

By John Pring on 11th April 2024 Category: Employment

Government is misrepresenting workplace disability inequality, MPs are told
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A disabled people’s organisation has accused the government of misrepresenting the high levels of inequality faced by disabled people in the workplace. In its submission to an inquiry by a Commons committee, Disability Rights UK (DR UK) pointed to research which […]

It was emergency planning that was vulnerable during Covid, not disabled people, inquiry is told

By John Pring on 21st March 2024 Category: Human Rights

It was emergency planning that was vulnerable during Covid, not disabled people, inquiry is told
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It was the emergency planning systems that proved to be “vulnerable” during the Covid pandemic, and not disabled people, the UK Covid inquiry has been told by two national disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). Disability Wales and Disability Rights UK (DR UK) told the inquiry, […]

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