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Disabled people receiving care were ‘ignored by design’ during the pandemic, Covid inquiry hears

By John Pring on 3rd July 2025 Category: Human Rights

Disabled people receiving care were ‘ignored by design’ during the pandemic, Covid inquiry hears
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Four national disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have told the Covid inquiry that people who receive care and support were “ignored by design” during the pandemic. The inquiry heard on Monday that there were more than 43,000 deaths involving COVID-19 in care […]

PIP cuts will cause further deaths, say disabled relatives of claimants who died due to previous DWP reforms

By John Pring on 20th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP cuts will cause further deaths, say disabled relatives of claimants who died due to previous DWP reforms
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Three disabled people who lost relatives as a result of past reforms to disability benefits have spoken of their horror at the Labour government’s plans to cut billions of pounds from the system. Tuesday’s Pathways to Work green paper announced cuts […]

Anger and concern over government’s ‘hand-me-down’ employment white paper

By John Pring on 28th November 2024 Category: Employment

Anger and concern over government’s ‘hand-me-down’ employment white paper
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Disabled people and their organisations have pointed to “fundamental” and “very concerning” flaws in the government’s “hand-me-down” employment support white paper. The long-awaited Get Britain Working white paper was launched by work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall on Tuesday, and includes […]

Co-production ‘will not be possible without funding from government’

By John Pring on 19th September 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Co-production ‘will not be possible without funding from government’
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The leading disabled people’s organisation (DPO) in Wales has warned the Welsh and UK governments that co-production of policy with disabled people will not be possible if they fail to provide the funding that they and other DPOs need to survive. […]

UN’s ‘damning verdict’ is ‘vindication’ of fightback against government’s rights violations

By John Pring on 25th April 2024 Category: Human Rights

UN’s ‘damning verdict’ is ‘vindication’ of fightback against government’s rights violations
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Disabled people’s organisations have welcomed the “damning verdict” of a UN committee on the government’s track record on key disability rights over the last seven years. They spoke out last night (Wednesday) as the UN committee on the rights of disabled […]

Sunak’s ‘chilling, threatening’ speech on benefits ‘demonised disabled people’

By John Pring on 25th April 2024 Category: Politics

Sunak’s ‘chilling, threatening’ speech on benefits ‘demonised disabled people’
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The prime minister has been accused of whipping up hostility towards disabled people, and demonising and scapegoating claimants of disability benefits, with a new series of “chilling” reforms that will weaken the social security safety net. Rishi Sunak announced plans for […]

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, […]

Pandemic inquiry is asked why Welsh government’s ‘humanism’ failed to prevent ‘mass death and suffering’

By John Pring on 29th February 2024 Category: Human Rights

Pandemic inquiry is asked why Welsh government’s ‘humanism’ failed to prevent ‘mass death and suffering’
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Two national disabled people’s organisations have questioned why the “humanist” aspirations of the Welsh government were unable to prevent “mass death and real suffering” during the pandemic. Disability Wales and Disability Rights UK were delivering their opening statement to the section […]

DPAC returns to the streets for ‘active resistance’ to DWP cuts

By John Pring on 22nd February 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPAC returns to the streets for ‘active resistance’ to DWP cuts
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Disabled activists have announced a fightback against a series of “horrific” government social security reforms and have called for “active resistance” to the plans, starting with a national day of action and a protest in London early next month. A meeting […]

Shock and dismay over Welsh government’s care charge hike

By John Pring on 22nd February 2024 Category: Independent Living

Shock and dismay over Welsh government’s care charge hike
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Disabled campaigners say they are “shocked and dismayed” by the Welsh government’s plans to allow local authorities to increase the maximum weekly amount that disabled people can be charged for their non-residential care by 20 per cent. The government said in […]

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