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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 […]

Forgotten and abandoned, young disabled people are fighting back against cuts through a new collective

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

Forgotten and abandoned, young disabled people are fighting back against cuts through a new collective
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Hundreds of “forgotten” and “abandoned” young disabled people across the country have taken part in peaceful protests against government cuts to disability benefits, as part of a new movement of activists powered by social media. The Crips Against Cuts (CAC) collective […]

Fightback begins over £5 billion disability benefits cuts, as key questions remain over Labour plans

By John Pring on 20th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Fightback begins over £5 billion disability benefits cuts, as key questions remain over Labour plans
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Disabled people are fighting back against government plans that will see more than £5 billion cut from spending on disability benefits, and which are set to push hundreds of thousands further into poverty. The Pathways to Work green paper, published on […]

Loss of key protection is ‘nightmarish’ demonstration of green paper’s bureaucratic violence, say activists

By John Pring on 20th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Loss of key protection is ‘nightmarish’ demonstration of green paper’s bureaucratic violence, say activists
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A tiny detail in the disability benefits green paper that suggests the government will scrap a key protection for claimants at extreme risk of harm is a “nightmarish” demonstration of the bureaucratic violence being inflicted on disabled people, say activists. The […]

DWP delays publication of vital PIP evidence until after green paper and spring statement

By John Pring on 20th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP delays publication of vital PIP evidence until after green paper and spring statement
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Work and pensions ministers have delayed the publication of evidence that would have explained why spending on disability benefits has been rising, just as they are announcing £5 billion in cuts to that support. On Tuesday, work and pensions secretary Liz […]

Research links increase in ill-health to rising benefit claims, just as government prepares ‘catastrophic’ cuts

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

Research links increase in ill-health to rising benefit claims, just as government prepares ‘catastrophic’ cuts
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New research links a significant rise in sickness and mental ill-health since the start of the pandemic to an increase in the number of people claiming disability benefits, just as ministers prepare to announce significant cuts to that support. The research […]

UN calls for ‘corrective measures’ to Tory disability benefit reforms, just as Labour prepares cuts of its own  

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

UN calls for ‘corrective measures’ to Tory disability benefit reforms, just as Labour prepares cuts of its own  
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A report by the United Nations (UN) has called on the UK government to take “corrective measures” to address the impact of cuts to disability benefits introduced under Conservative governments, just as Labour ministers prepare to introduce further such cuts. The […]

Family say DWP has unanswered questions over death of disabled woman whose benefits were stopped

By John Pring on 27th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Family say DWP has unanswered questions over death of disabled woman whose benefits were stopped
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The family of a disabled woman whose body lay undiscovered in her flat for more than three years after her benefits were stopped say they have serious unanswered questions about the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Laura […]

Research that ministers sat on for three years shows no evidence to support call for PIP cuts

By John Pring on 27th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Research that ministers sat on for three years shows no evidence to support call for PIP cuts
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Ministers have sat on research for three years that linked the sharp increase in claims for disability benefits with a deterioration in disabled people’s health, an increase in the financial hardship they were facing, and their need for independence. Successive governments […]

DWP research links NHS waiting-lists with rise in number of claimants of disability benefits

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

DWP research links NHS waiting-lists with rise in number of claimants of disability benefits
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A government report has provided crucial new evidence that links longer NHS waiting-lists with increases in the number of disabled people on benefits. The research shows that more than two-fifths (41 per cent) of disability benefit claimants are on a waiting-list […]

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