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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 […]

‘Real danger’ that disabled people will not benefit from £39 billion for social and affordable homes

By John Pring on 12th June 2025 Category: Housing

‘Real danger’ that disabled people will not benefit from £39 billion for social and affordable homes
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Fresh concerns have emerged about the government’s commitment to solving the accessible housing crisis after the chancellor announced a £39 billion investment in social and affordable homes, but ignored disabled people’s urgent needs. Chancellor Rachel Reeves stressed in her spending review […]

Benefit cap could see countless PIP claimants left homeless after cuts, but DWP has no idea how many

By John Pring on 29th May 2025 Category: Housing

Benefit cap could see countless PIP claimants left homeless after cuts, but DWP has no idea how many
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Thousands of disabled people could lose out on thousands of pounds a year in housing benefit – and face eviction – because of the government’s cuts to disability benefits, but ministers have no idea how many will lose out and risk […]

Ministers could face legal action over ‘homes not hospitals’ failure after treating activists ‘with utter contempt’

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

Ministers could face legal action over ‘homes not hospitals’ failure after treating activists ‘with utter contempt’
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Ministers could face legal action over their “absolutely disgraceful” refusal to meet people with learning difficulties and autistic people to discuss the failure of the mental health bill to protect them from being locked away in psychiatric hospitals. Disabled protesters outside […]

Protest brings anger at failure to act on ‘homes not hospitals’ plea to government’s front door

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

Protest brings anger at failure to act on ‘homes not hospitals’ plea to government’s front door
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The Labour government has “betrayed” autistic people and people with learning difficulties who have been abused and abandoned in mental health institutions, activists told a protest in front of the Houses of Parliament this week. Disabled people with experience of detention […]

Disabled people’s organisations consider halting engagement with disability minister over ‘brutal cuts’

By John Pring on 3rd April 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled people’s organisations consider halting engagement with disability minister over ‘brutal cuts’
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Some of England’s leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are considering halting all engagement with the minister for disabled people over the government’s “brutal cuts” to disability benefits. Disability News Service (DNS) has been told that members of the DPO Forum England […]

DPAC says ‘this is just the start’, after protest over ‘vile and cruel’ benefit cuts outside Downing Street

By John Pring on 27th March 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPAC says ‘this is just the start’, after protest over ‘vile and cruel’ benefit cuts outside Downing Street
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Disabled people have spoken of their anger, frustration and fear – and sense of betrayal by the Labour government – over plans to cut billions of pounds from disability benefits, as they protested outside Downing Street yesterday (Wednesday). Estimates suggest more […]

Disabled people ‘plead for our lives’ in front of MPs and peers, as assisted suicide bill ends key stage

By John Pring on 27th March 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled people ‘plead for our lives’ in front of MPs and peers, as assisted suicide bill ends key stage
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Disabled people with progressive and terminal conditions have come to parliament to “plead for our lives” in front of MPs and peers, as a bill to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales finishes a key stage in the Commons. They […]

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 […]

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