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Pursglove publishes ‘action plan’ of working groups, reviews and awareness-raising

By John Pring on 20th July 2023 Category: Politics

Pursglove publishes ‘action plan’ of working groups, reviews and awareness-raising
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The minister for disabled people has launched a new “disability action plan” that he claims will “help transform disabled people’s everyday lives for the better”, but which includes no new spending commitments or promised legislation. Tom Pursglove said his draft Disability […]

Disability strategy is unlawful, court confirms… and denies DWP permission to appeal

By John Pring on 3rd February 2022 Category: Human Rights

Disability strategy is unlawful, court confirms… and denies DWP permission to appeal
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The government has been denied permission to appeal against a court ruling that its entire disability strategy is unlawful, and not just the botched national consultation ministers carried out last year while they were preparing the document. Disability News Service (DNS) […]

Government ‘must tear up national disability strategy’ after high court defeat

By John Pring on 27th January 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government ‘must tear up national disability strategy’ after high court defeat
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Disabled campaigners have called on the government to tear up its “fundamentally broken” National Disability Strategy, after the high court ruled that the much-criticised document was unlawful. The high court found that a botched consultation had made it “impossible” for disabled […]

Government’s ‘laughable’ and misleading UN update on ‘grave and systematic violations’

By John Pring on 16th December 2021 Category: Human Rights

Government’s ‘laughable’ and misleading UN update on ‘grave and systematic violations’
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The government has been accused of publishing a “laughable” and unevidenced report that was supposed to provide an update on its progress since being accused in 2016 of “grave and systematic” violations of the UN disability convention. The 10,500-word report by […]

DWP appears to confirm that spending review came up almost empty on disability

By John Pring on 4th November 2021 Category: Politics

DWP appears to confirm that spending review came up almost empty on disability
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The government appears to have confirmed that ministers have secured new funding in just two areas – education and employment – to support the implementation of their new National Disability Strategy. Last week, Disability News Service (DNS) reported that Treasury documents […]

Government reveals National Disability Strategy offers just 28p per person in new funds

By John Pring on 16th September 2021 Category: Politics

Government reveals National Disability Strategy offers just 28p per person in new funds
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The government has pledged less than £4 million in new funding to accompany its new National Disability Strategy, figures produced through a freedom of information request have revealed. The figures, released by the government’s Disability Unit, show that of the £1.6 […]

Only a tiny proportion of responses to national survey were read, government suggests

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Politics

Only a tiny proportion of responses to national survey were read, government suggests
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Only a tiny proportion of the views expressed by the thousands of disabled people who took part in the government’s national disability survey have been read by a minister or civil servant, a freedom of information response suggests. The new information […]

National Disability Strategy: PM’s ‘down payment on building back fairer’ is just 29.5p

By John Pring on 19th August 2021 Category: Politics

National Disability Strategy: PM’s ‘down payment on building back fairer’ is just 29.5p
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The government’s new National Disability Strategy – which promises to bring about “practical and lasting change” – has promised just 29.5p in new funding for every disabled person in the UK. Analysis by Disability News Service (DNS) has shown the government […]

Minister’s announcement suggests few of his disability ambassadors are disabled people

By John Pring on 5th August 2021 Category: Politics

Minister’s announcement suggests few of his disability ambassadors are disabled people
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The minister for disabled people appears to have appointed a string of non-disabled people to be his new disability ambassadors, just as his government’s National Disability Strategy was claiming it would remove barriers to disabled people’s participation in public life. Justin […]

Thousands of disabled people tell government of day-to-day barriers

By John Pring on 5th August 2021 Category: Politics

Thousands of disabled people tell government of day-to-day barriers
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Thousands of disabled people have told ministers of the significant barriers they face in their daily lives, with only four per cent saying they believe the government provides a “good level of support” to disabled people. A report on the results […]

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