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MPs who refused to quiz minister on benefit deaths ‘have failed disabled people’

By John Pring on 21st July 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

MPs who refused to quiz minister on benefit deaths ‘have failed disabled people’
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MPs have refused to quiz the disability minister about new research that brings together more than 30 years of evidence linking her department with the deaths of countless disabled benefit claimants. The draft version of the Deaths by Welfare timeline features more […]

DWP dismisses 300 pages of evidence linking its actions with countless deaths

By John Pring on 7th July 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP dismisses 300 pages of evidence linking its actions with countless deaths
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has dismissed new research that for the first time brings together more than 30 years of evidence that links its systemic failings with the deaths of countless disabled claimants of benefits. The Deaths by […]

DWP ‘performs partial U-turn’ over DNS ‘ban’ after criticism from campaigners

By John Pring on 24th September 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP ‘performs partial U-turn’ over DNS ‘ban’ after criticism from campaigners
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appears to have performed a partial U-turn after disabled campaigners reacted angrily to an apparent ban on media requests from Disability News Service (DNS). Last week, DNS reported how DWP’s press office had failed […]

Disabled activists call for a refreshed social model to ‘bring it back to life’

By John Pring on 9th July 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled activists call for a refreshed social model to ‘bring it back to life’
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Disabled activists have called for a re-examination of the social model of disability to produce a “reinvigorated” version that will bring together disabled, Deaf and autistic people to challenge the oppression they face. The call came at an online meeting hosted […]

NAO action on suicides ‘could be long-awaited recognition of deaths caused by DWP’

By John Pring on 24th October 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

NAO action on suicides ‘could be long-awaited recognition of deaths caused by DWP’
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A watchdog’s decision to question the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) about the information it holds on benefit-related suicides could be a long-awaited recognition of the damage caused by the government’s policies, say disabled activists. They spoke out after the […]

Conference hears of ‘democide’, ‘psycho-compulsion’ and suicide risk from benefit system

By John Pring on 13th October 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Conference hears of ‘democide’, ‘psycho-compulsion’ and suicide risk from benefit system
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Mental health survivors and psychologists have joined forces for a conference that has highlighted the extreme damage caused by welfare reform, and has suggested how mental health professionals can help in the fight to improve the benefit system. The Psychologists and […]

Brexit vote: Disabled people speak of shock, horror and dismay

By John Pring on 30th June 2016 Category: Politics

Brexit vote: Disabled people speak of shock, horror and dismay
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Disabled people have spoken of their horror, shock and anger at learning of the vote to leave the European Union in last week’s referendum. Although many disabled people voted for Brexit, the vast majority of leading disabled activists were strongly in […]

Government set to face legal action after Tory MPs back ‘cruel and nasty’ ESA cut

By John Pring on 25th February 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government set to face legal action after Tory MPs back ‘cruel and nasty’ ESA cut
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The government is likely to face legal action if it pushes ahead with plans to cut the out-of-work disability benefits of hundreds of thousands of claimants by £1, 500 a year, say disabled activists. The warning came as Conservative MPs overturned […]

‘Bizarre’ figures raise fears over ministers’ plans for ESA

By John Pring on 31st July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Bizarre’ figures raise fears over ministers’ plans for ESA
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has sparked new concerns after releasing “bizarre” figures that suggest ministers plan to cut the number of people eligible for out-of-work disability benefits by a third in 2017-18. The statistics were provided by employment […]

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