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Dame Anne’s warning to disabled people: ‘Be afraid, be very afraid’

By John Pring on 15th May 2015 Category: Politics

Dame Anne’s warning to disabled people: ‘Be afraid, be very afraid’
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A disabled Labour MP who lost her seat in last week’s general election has warned disabled people to “be very afraid” about the prospect of five years of a Conservative-only government. Dame Anne Begg had won the marginal Aberdeen South seat […]

ELECTION 2015: Greens demand IDS apology for ‘misleading’ voters on benefit deaths

By John Pring on 6th May 2015 Category: Politics

ELECTION 2015: Greens demand IDS apology for ‘misleading’ voters on benefit deaths
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Tory work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith is facing calls to apologise after he misled voters about sensitive information on benefit-related deaths that was unearthed by Disability News Service (DNS). Duncan Smith was one of five politicians taking part in […]

IDS breaks pledge on PIP waiting-times, as tens of thousands still queue for months

By John Pring on 30th January 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive, Politics

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Government ministers have broken their high-profile promise to slash all waiting-times for the new disability benefit to less than four months. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) refused to comment yesterday (Thursday) on the broken promise that – by the […]

Tories and Labour flunk office access test

By John Pring on 30th January 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning, Independent Living, News Archive, Politics

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Four of the seven leading political parties have backed calls for all MPs to have constituency offices that are accessible to disabled people. Despite public announcements professing support for making it easier for disabled people to participate in politics, the Conservatives […]

Iain Duncan Smith facing ‘hypocrisy’ claims over inaccessible office

By John Pring on 16th January 2015 Category: Independent Living, News Archive

Iain Duncan Smith facing ‘hypocrisy’ claims over inaccessible office
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The architect of the government’s sweeping welfare reforms is facing accusations of hypocrisy, after becoming the third minister with responsibilities for disability equality to be shamed over an inaccessible constituency office. Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been the […]

Minister: ‘We don’t warn social workers when vulnerable claimants are sanctioned’

By John Pring on 5th December 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive, Politics

Minister: ‘We don’t warn social workers when vulnerable claimants are sanctioned’
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A minister has admitted that it is not government policy to warn health or social services when “vulnerable” service-users have had their benefits “sanctioned”. The admission by the Conservative employment minister Esther McVey comes just weeks after her department admitted to […]

Disabled Tories hear minister praise government’s jobs record

By John Pring on 21st November 2014 Category: Employment, News Archive, Politics

Disabled Tories hear minister praise government’s jobs record
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The minister for disabled people has praised his government’s record on employing disabled people, with more than a quarter of a million more in work in the last year. Conservative Mark Harper said there were now more than three million disabled […]

ESA claimants set for leap ‘from frying-pan into fire’ as Maximus wins WCA contract

By John Pring on 31st October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

ESA claimants set for leap ‘from frying-pan into fire’ as Maximus wins WCA contract
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The government has sparked fury after appointing a US company with a lengthy record of discrimination, incompetence and alleged fraud to take over delivery of its controversial “fitness for work” tests from the much-criticised Atos Healthcare. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed […]

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