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Shocked disabled campaigners vow to fight on after MSPs vote for Scottish assisted dying bill to progress

By John Pring on 15th May 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Shocked disabled campaigners vow to fight on after MSPs vote for Scottish assisted dying bill to progress
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Disabled campaigners say they are shocked, angry and “confounded” by a vote by the Scottish parliament in favour of legalising assisted suicide in Scotland, but they have vowed to keep fighting to defeat the proposals. Members of the Scottish parliament voted […]

Reports send separate warning shots to English and Scottish governments on social care reform

By John Pring on 8th May 2025 Category: Independent Living

Reports send separate warning shots to English and Scottish governments on social care reform
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Separate reports have highlighted how years of failed government promises on reform have left broken adult social care systems in both England and Scotland. In England, MPs on the Commons health and social care committee published a report this week warning […]

Just 16 MPs attend debate on disability rights, days after hundreds vote for assisted suicide

By John Pring on 5th December 2024 Category: Politics

Just 16 MPs attend debate on disability rights, days after hundreds vote for assisted suicide
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Just a handful of MPs attended a debate to mark the international day of disabled people, four days after the House of Commons voted in favour of a bill that would legalise assisted suicide. More than 160 MPs had told the […]

‘Our members are raging’: Shock and anger as Scottish government’s ‘sham’ co-production leads to ‘weak’ disability plan

By John Pring on 24th October 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘Our members are raging’: Shock and anger as Scottish government’s ‘sham’ co-production leads to ‘weak’ disability plan
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Three national disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have attacked the Scottish government over a “sham” process of co-production that has led to a “weak” and “diluted” Disability Equality Plan for Scotland. Disability Equality Scotland, Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA) and Inclusion Scotland say […]

Scottish government reopens Independent Living Fund after ‘human catastrophe’ warning

By John Pring on 7th September 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Scottish government reopens Independent Living Fund after ‘human catastrophe’ warning
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have welcomed the Scottish government’s decision to open the Independent Living Fund (ILF) to new claimants for the first time since 2010*. The decision by Scotland’s new first minister, Humza Yousaf – which will only affect disabled […]

Report calls for disability poverty action plan for Glasgow

By John Pring on 5th May 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Report calls for disability poverty action plan for Glasgow
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are set to play a key role in drawing up a plan to address disability poverty in Glasgow. The call for an action plan is one of the recommendations from a report for Glasgow City Council’s Social […]

Disabled women ‘must be involved’ in designing solutions to ‘triple whammy’ of barriers

By John Pring on 17th March 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled women ‘must be involved’ in designing solutions to ‘triple whammy’ of barriers
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Disabled women must be involved in designing solutions to the “triple whammy” of barriers they have faced during the pandemic, according to a new report by a Scottish disabled people’s organisation. Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA) said disabled women had faced “particular […]

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