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Urgent action needed on pandemic harm caused to disabled people, say researchers

By John Pring on 4th February 2021 Category: Human Rights

Urgent action needed on pandemic harm caused to disabled people, say researchers
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Urgent action is needed to “rectify the harm caused to disabled people” during the COVID-19 crisis and to learn lessons for subsequent waves of the virus, and other future pandemics, researchers have warned. Researchers at the University of Glasgow and the […]

‘Biopsychosocial’ basis for benefit cuts is ‘cavalier, unevidenced and misleading’

By John Pring on 9th June 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Biopsychosocial’ basis for benefit cuts is ‘cavalier, unevidenced and misleading’
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The research that successive governments have relied on to justify slashing disability benefits over more than a decade is riddled with inconsistencies, misleading statements and “unevidenced” claims, according to three disabled academics. A new article by Professor Tom Shakespeare and Professor […]

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