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‘Disastrous’ cuts bill that leaves legacy of distrust and distress ‘must be dropped’

By John Pring on 3rd July 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Disastrous’ cuts bill that leaves legacy of distrust and distress ‘must be dropped’
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Disabled activists have called on the government to scrap its “dangerous” and “disastrous” disability benefits bill, despite forcing ministers into last-minute changes that scrapped all their planned cuts to personal independence payment (PIP). Chaotic events in parliament on Tuesday, and three […]

‘We will not give a single inch,’ disabled activists vow, as Kendall publishes disability cuts bill

By John Pring on 19th June 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘We will not give a single inch,’ disabled activists vow, as Kendall publishes disability cuts bill
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Disabled activists say they “will not give a single inch” in their resistance to billions of pounds of cuts confirmed yesterday by the Labour government in its new universal credit and personal independence payment bill. Other than minor concessions by work […]

Petition aims to unite opposition to disability benefits green paper and force MPs to debate all cuts

By John Pring on 1st May 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Petition aims to unite opposition to disability benefits green paper and force MPs to debate all cuts
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A new petition backed by disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) aims to unite opposition to the government’s “devastating” disability benefit cuts and reforms by calling for every one of the measures to be abandoned. While a string of petitions have focused on […]

Bank surveillance bill could lead to greatest miscarriage of justice in British history, disabled activist tells MPs

By John Pring on 27th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Bank surveillance bill could lead to greatest miscarriage of justice in British history, disabled activist tells MPs
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A disabled activist has told MPs that parliament could set in train the greatest miscarriage of justice in British history, if it approves new laws that would force banks to carry out mass surveillance of millions of disabled people. Rick Burgess, […]

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 […]

Fear, anger and confusion as budget blundering creates chaos over government’s plans for ‘fit for work’ test

By John Pring on 31st October 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Fear, anger and confusion as budget blundering creates chaos over government’s plans for ‘fit for work’ test
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The new Labour government’s policy on social security reform is in chaos after it issued contrasting statements and briefings on budget day about whether – and how – it would press ahead with planned Conservative cuts to spending on out-of-work disability […]

Kendall’s comments show new bill to order banks to ‘spy’ on benefit claimants will be based on Tory plans

By John Pring on 10th October 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Kendall’s comments show new bill to order banks to ‘spy’ on benefit claimants will be based on Tory plans
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Comments by Labour’s work and pensions secretary have confirmed that “farcical” and “prejudicial” plans for a new fraud bill – ordering banks to “spy” on the bank accounts of benefit claimants – will be based on draft laws prepared by the […]

Government ‘was slapdash and chaotic’ in response to requests for accessible versions of key planning paper

By John Pring on 3rd October 2024 Category: Housing

Government ‘was slapdash and chaotic’ in response to requests for accessible versions of key planning paper
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The new government has been accused of a “slapdash and chaotic” response to a request from disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) to provide a vital consultation document on planning policy in accessible formats. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) […]

Labour’s DWP fraud bill ‘will be recipe for abuse and miscarriages of justice’

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour’s DWP fraud bill ‘will be recipe for abuse and miscarriages of justice’
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Disabled campaigners have warned that plans to give the government sweeping powers to carry out financial surveillance on benefit claimants are “a recipe for abuse and miscarriages of justice”. Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer told the Labour conference in Liverpool on […]

Crowdfunder’s final push could see book on ‘violent’ DWP sent to politicians across the country

By John Pring on 15th August 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Crowdfunder’s final push could see book on ‘violent’ DWP sent to politicians across the country
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Disabled activists are hoping a final push with their crowdfunding campaign will allow copies of a new book about the “violent” history of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to be sent to key politicians across the country. By this […]

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‘Disastrous’ cuts bill that leaves legacy of distrust and distress ‘must be dropped’

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