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Government must end years of delays and fix accessible housing crisis, MPs are told

By John Pring on 8th February 2024 Category: Housing

Government must end years of delays and fix accessible housing crisis, MPs are told
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Disabled campaigners and allies have called on the government to act urgently to fix the “broken” system of accessible housing in England, after years of delays. They have told a committee of cross-party MPs in written evidence that it is impossible […]

Covid inquiry hears of ‘gulf between aspiration and deed’ within Scottish government

By John Pring on 8th February 2024 Category: Human Rights

Covid inquiry hears of ‘gulf between aspiration and deed’ within Scottish government
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The Scottish government failed to deliver on the rights of disabled people during the pandemic, even though it wanted to do so, two national disabled people’s organisations have told the UK Covid inquiry. Inclusion Scotland and Disability Rights UK (DR UK) […]

New DWP bank ‘snooping powers’ would ‘treat disabled people like criminals’

By John Pring on 1st February 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

New DWP bank ‘snooping powers’ would ‘treat disabled people like criminals’
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New powers that would allow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to “snoop” on the bank accounts of benefit claimants would treat disabled people like criminals and further destroy trust, say campaigners. They spoke out this week against measures in […]

Government urged to use new ‘portal’ to ‘shift balance of power’ on accessible housing

By John Pring on 1st February 2024 Category: Housing

Government urged to use new ‘portal’ to ‘shift balance of power’ on accessible housing
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The government must ensure that accessibility information is included on a new online “portal” that will offer key facts about properties being rented privately by landlords, say two disabled people’s organisations. The government plans to set up the new privately rented […]

DWP’s ‘truly shocking’ disability poverty stats are ‘terrible indictment’

By John Pring on 25th January 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s ‘truly shocking’ disability poverty stats are ‘terrible indictment’
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The proportion of families with disabled children who are living in poverty rose by nearly a third in two years, even before the cost-of-living crisis, according to a new poverty measurement being developed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). […]

Government finally makes ‘shocking’ confession on power cut protection

By John Pring on 18th January 2024 Category: Human Rights

Government finally makes ‘shocking’ confession on power cut protection
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The government has decided not to draw up any plans to protect disabled people who rely on life-saving medical equipment in their own homes in the event of a power cut, after more than a year of delays and excuses. The […]

Rights ignored, no protection, no safety net, no real engagement, DPOs tell Covid inquiry

By John Pring on 14th December 2023 Category: Human Rights

Rights ignored, no protection, no safety net, no real engagement, DPOs tell Covid inquiry
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Disabled people were left without protection, written out of key investigations and proper consultation, and had their rights ignored by the UK government during the pandemic, four national disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have told the Covid inquiry. They told the inquiry […]

Top Disability Confident members ‘do no better on jobs than non-members’

By John Pring on 14th December 2023 Category: Employment

Top Disability Confident members ‘do no better on jobs than non-members’
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Employers that have reached the highest level of the government’s flagship disability employment scheme, Disability Confident, are no more likely to employ disabled people than those that have not signed up to the scheme, new research has revealed. The research* suggests […]

MPs say government’s disability strategy is ‘a strategy in name only’

By John Pring on 7th December 2023 Category: Politics

MPs say government’s disability strategy is ‘a strategy in name only’
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Cross-party MPs have delivered a powerful attack on the government’s discredited National Disability Strategy (NDS), describing it as “a disability strategy in name only”. A report published yesterday (Wednesday) by the Commons women and equalities committee said the strategy was merely […]

Protesters say ‘obscene’ profits from ‘inhuman’ asylum housing conditions must end

By John Pring on 7th December 2023 Category: Housing

Protesters say ‘obscene’ profits from ‘inhuman’ asylum housing conditions must end
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Disabled refugees and allies have protested outside the Home Office at the “inhuman” treatment that disabled people seeking asylum receive from private sector companies paid to provide their accommodation. The protest called for an end to the “obscene profits” made by […]

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