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Public order bill will criminalise disabled protesters, says MP

By John Pring on 26th May 2022 Category: Politics

Public order bill will criminalise disabled protesters, says MP
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A disabled MP has accused the government of “playing with people’s lives” and warned that its new public order bill will criminalise disabled people and other minority groups. Marsha de Cordova, a former shadow minister for disabled people, told fellow MPs […]

Government ‘must act’ on omission of disabled people from Covid inquiry terms of reference

By John Pring on 28th April 2022 Category: Politics

Government ‘must act’ on omission of disabled people from Covid inquiry terms of reference
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The government’s failure to include a “specific reference” to disabled people in the draft terms of reference for the public inquiry into the Covid pandemic is a “grave omission” and must be corrected, a disabled MP has told the House of […]

Secret DWP report reveals unmet needs of disability benefit claimants

By John Pring on 10th February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Secret DWP report reveals unmet needs of disability benefit claimants
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Many disabled people who receive disability benefits have been unable to afford essential living costs such as rent, heating or food, even before the current cost-of-living crisis, according to a report that ministers had fought to keep secret. A watered-down version […]

Minister for disabled people ignores calls for inquiry into DWP deaths

By John Pring on 3rd February 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Minister for disabled people ignores calls for inquiry into DWP deaths
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The minister for disabled people has ignored calls for an inquiry into deaths linked to the failings of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The disabled Labour MP Marsha de Cordova had called for an inquiry this week after telling […]

DWP is refusing to correct injustice caused to 118,000 claimants, says ombudsman

By John Pring on 13th January 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP is refusing to correct injustice caused to 118,000 claimants, says ombudsman
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An ombudsman has heavily criticised the government for refusing to rectify the injustice caused by its treatment of more than 118,000 disabled benefit claimants who have been denied compensation following a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) blunder. The ombudsman’s criticism […]

Disability History Month launches with talk of hotels, sex and French peasants

By John Pring on 25th November 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disability History Month launches with talk of hotels, sex and French peasants
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Leading disabled campaigners have spoken of the barriers they have faced due to invisible impairments, at the online launch of the 12th UK Disability History Month (UKDHM). This year’s month-long event, which ends on 18 December, is examining themes of invisible […]

Labour shadow ministers for equality and disability stay silent over party discrimination

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Politics

Labour shadow ministers for equality and disability stay silent over party discrimination
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Labour’s shadow ministers for disability and equalities have refused to comment on the party’s continuing failure to address the discrimination faced by its own disabled members. Both Vicky Foxcroft, the shadow minister for disabled people, and Marsha de Cordova, the shadow […]

Coronavirus: Government ‘acting recklessly’ by forcing disabled MPs back to parliament

By John Pring on 28th May 2020 Category: Politics

Coronavirus: Government ‘acting recklessly’ by forcing disabled MPs back to parliament
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The government has been accused of “acting recklessly” by trying to force MPs who are disabled or have long-term health conditions to return to parliament next week, while the country is still in the grip of the pandemic. At least three […]

Coronavirus: Disabled politicians call for Cummings to be sacked

By John Pring on 28th May 2020 Category: Politics

Coronavirus: Disabled politicians call for Cummings to be sacked
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Disabled politicians – including both government and opposition MPs – have joined campaigners in expressing anger at the actions of the prime minister’s chief adviser, who has refused to apologise for breaking the government’s own coronavirus lockdown rules. They have contrasted […]

Coronavirus: Ministers refuse to show they assessed equality impact of recovery plan

By John Pring on 28th May 2020 Category: Politics

Coronavirus: Ministers refuse to show they assessed equality impact of recovery plan
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A disabled shadow minister has called on the government to show that it has analysed how its strategy for recovering from the coronavirus pandemic will affect disabled people and other minority groups. The government has failed so far to publish an […]

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