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Disabled duo continue universal credit ‘injustice’ court fight

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled duo continue universal credit ‘injustice’ court fight
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Two disabled men have been forced to return yet again to the Royal Courts of Justice this week to fight what they say is the injustice caused by the government’s universal credit benefit system. The men, known as TP and AR […]

CPS concern over huge drop in police disability hate crime cases

By John Pring on 31st October 2019 Category: Crime

CPS concern over huge drop in police disability hate crime cases
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The Crown Prosecution Service has joined a leading disabled campaigner in raising concerns about a huge fall in the number of disability hate crime cases passed by police forces to prosecutors. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) annual hate crime report for […]

ROFA’s draft manifesto calls for end to austerity and a right to independent living

By John Pring on 24th October 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

ROFA’s draft manifesto calls for end to austerity and a right to independent living
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Political parties are set to be told to promise an end to austerity, a legal right to independent living and an immediate end to universal credit, if they want disabled people’s support at the next general election. The Reclaiming Our Futures […]

Criticism over ‘shocking’ appointments to ODI’s new disability networks

By John Pring on 10th October 2019 Category: Human Rights

Criticism over ‘shocking’ appointments to ODI’s new disability networks
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The government is facing criticism over its decision to appoint representatives of just two disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) – and a leading disabled Tory – to chair its new regional stakeholder networks. The minister for disabled people, Justin Tomlinson, this week […]

Accelerator scheme plans to open door to inclusion

By John Pring on 10th October 2019 Category: Independent Living

Accelerator scheme plans to open door to inclusion
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Five organisations led by disabled people are to benefit from a new “accelerator” programme that aims to boost their work on social inclusion. Disability Rights UK (DR UK), Inclusion London, Love Language, Grid Smarter Cities and SociAbility are all disabled-led and […]

Labour’s pledge to scrap universal credit ‘is victory for years of activism’

By John Pring on 3rd October 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour’s pledge to scrap universal credit ‘is victory for years of activism’
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Disabled activists have welcomed Labour’s promise to scrap universal credit (UC) if it wins power at the next general election as a victory for years of campaigning. But they have warned the party that they still want to know how UC […]

Council’s planned care charge rises ‘could prove fatal’

By John Pring on 22nd August 2019 Category: Independent Living

Council’s planned care charge rises ‘could prove fatal’
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Leading disabled campaigners have warned that a council’s proposals to increase care charges will force them and others to quit their jobs and stop their volunteering work, and will push many others into poverty. One influential campaigner warned that she could […]

Mystery over sharp drop in disabled people’s unemployment rate

By John Pring on 15th August 2019 Category: Employment

Mystery over sharp drop in disabled people’s unemployment rate
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Striking – but unexplained – new official figures show there has been a large fall over the last year in the proportion of disabled people who are unemployed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that the percentage of disabled […]

Anger over appointment of ‘disability hate tweet’ MP as mental health minister

By John Pring on 1st August 2019 Category: Politics

Anger over appointment of ‘disability hate tweet’ MP as mental health minister
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A Tory MP appointed as the new minister for mental health in Boris Johnson’s government is unfit to hold that position because of a disablist message she posted on social media less than two years ago, say disabled campaigners. Nadine Dorries […]

‘Breakthrough’ Lords report gives boost to campaign for free care

By John Pring on 4th July 2019 Category: Independent Living

‘Breakthrough’ Lords report gives boost to campaign for free care
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A new parliamentary report that calls on the government to introduce free personal care has been branded a “major breakthrough” for campaigns led by disabled people and their grassroots organisations for a national independent living service. The report, by the House […]

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