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Warning of ‘humanitarian crisis’ if governments fail to act on disability poverty

By John Pring on 19th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Warning of ‘humanitarian crisis’ if governments fail to act on disability poverty
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The UK and Scottish governments have been warned of a humanitarian crisis among disabled people this winter if they fail to take “robust, immediate action” to deal with “devastating and intensifying” levels of disability poverty in Scotland. The warning was issued […]

UK ‘one of worst in European Union on disability poverty’

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

UK ‘one of worst in European Union on disability poverty’
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The UK is one of the worst-performing countries in the European Union (EU) when it comes to protecting disabled people from poverty, according to official figures. The EU figures show that the UK is the 10th worst of the 28 EU […]

Election 2019: ‘Tories forced a million members of disabled families into poverty’

By John Pring on 21st November 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Election 2019: ‘Tories forced a million members of disabled families into poverty’
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Labour has accused successive Tory-led governments of forcing a million more people in families with disabled members into poverty over the last decade. In a new report, Labour highlights 10 areas in which successive Tory-led governments have failed on poverty as […]

Disabled people ‘driven to breaking point’ by cuts, says UN expert

By John Pring on 23rd May 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled people ‘driven to breaking point’ by cuts, says UN expert
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Many disabled people’s families have been “driven to breaking point” by cuts to social care, while other disabled people have been denied benefits and forced by the government into unsuitable work, a UN human rights expert has concluded. Professor Philip Alston, […]

DPAC warns Labour to rethink support for universal basic income

By John Pring on 31st January 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DPAC warns Labour to rethink support for universal basic income
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Campaigners are warning the Labour party to rethink its support for a radical new benefit system because of risks that its introduction would further isolate and impoverish disabled people. In a new report, UBI: Solution or Illusion? The Implications of Universal […]

UN expert tells of disabled people’s ‘horrendous’ evidence on poverty

By John Pring on 15th November 2018 Category: Human Rights

UN expert tells of disabled people’s ‘horrendous’ evidence on poverty
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The UN expert investigating the government’s record on eradicating poverty has described how he has heard “pretty horrendous” evidence from disabled people while conducting a 12-day factfinding visit to the UK. Professor Philip Alston, the UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty […]

Disability inequality is widening and risks becoming ‘entrenched’, says EHRC

By John Pring on 25th October 2018 Category: Human Rights

Disability inequality is widening and risks becoming ‘entrenched’, says EHRC
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Disabled people are becoming increasingly excluded in many areas of their lives and are in danger of becoming “trapped in disadvantage”, a major report by the equality and human rights watchdog has concluded. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says […]

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