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Labour assembly members reject plan for disability equality champion for London, despite previous backing

By John Pring on 27th February 2025 Category: Politics

Labour assembly members reject plan for disability equality champion for London, despite previous backing
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Labour politicians have rejected plans put forward by a disabled people’s organisation that would have created a disability equality champion for London, despite backing the idea last year. The plans were drawn up by the disabled people’s organisation (DPO) Inclusion London and Liberal […]

Tory minister banned DWP from using the word ‘safeguarding’, MPs are told

By John Pring on 13th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tory minister banned DWP from using the word ‘safeguarding’, MPs are told
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A Conservative minister banned the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from using the word “safeguarding”, despite DWP’s connection with countless deaths of disabled benefit claimants since 2010, MPs have been told. Labour’s new social security and disability minister, Sir Stephen […]

DWP is ‘broken and not fit for purpose’, says disabled MP

By John Pring on 6th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP is ‘broken and not fit for purpose’, says disabled MP
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A disabled MP has warned the government that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is “broken” and “not fit for purpose”, and that major changes to the social security system need to be co-designed with disabled people and benefit claimants. […]

High court victory over Tory DWP cuts will provide impetus to fight any Labour plans, say activists

By John Pring on 23rd January 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

High court victory over Tory DWP cuts will provide impetus to fight any Labour plans, say activists
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A “groundbreaking” legal victory at the high court has provided fuel for disabled activists to fight the new government’s expected cuts to spending on disability benefits, and to call on ministers to meet their legal obligations to co-produce policy. Disabled activist […]

Minister told it is ‘not too late’ to change direction and stop favouring big charities

By John Pring on 23rd January 2025 Category: Politics

Minister told it is ‘not too late’ to change direction and stop favouring big charities
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The new disability minister has been told it is “not too late to change course”, after government figures showed he has prioritised meetings with the big disability charities over engagement with disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). The figures, obtained by Disability News […]

Disability minister is ‘drawing up a list’ of potential actions to address barriers

By John Pring on 23rd January 2025 Category: Politics

Disability minister is ‘drawing up a list’ of potential actions to address barriers
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Labour’s disability minister has said for the first time that he is drawing up a list of priorities for action to address the barriers faced by disabled people. It is believed to be the first time that Sir Stephen Timms has […]

Court hears disabled activist’s challenge to ‘cataclysmic’ cuts to out-of-work disability benefits

By John Pring on 12th December 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Court hears disabled activist’s challenge to ‘cataclysmic’ cuts to out-of-work disability benefits
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The high court in London has this week heard a legal challenge that aims to expose how the last Conservative government used a “sham consultation” to try to push through “cataclysmic” cuts to disability benefits of nearly £3 billion over four […]

Activists ask why a Labour government is ‘gleefully’ backing Tory plans to tighten work capability assessment

By John Pring on 12th December 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Activists ask why a Labour government is ‘gleefully’ backing Tory plans to tighten work capability assessment
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Disabled activists have questioned why a Labour-run department was in the high court this week defending cuts proposed by the last government which would cause “human suffering” among hundreds of thousands of claimants of out-of-work disability benefits. They spoke during a […]

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 […]

Employment white paper promises ‘fundamentally different’ approach, but fails to answer key questions

By John Pring on 28th November 2024 Category: Employment

Employment white paper promises ‘fundamentally different’ approach, but fails to answer key questions
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A new government white paper has promised a “fundamentally different” approach to employment support, including “tackling ill health as the biggest driver of inactivity”, but it has left critical questions unanswered about Labour’s plans for disability benefits. Disabled people and their […]

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