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‘Disastrous’ cuts bill that leaves legacy of distrust and distress ‘must be dropped’

By John Pring on 3rd July 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Disastrous’ cuts bill that leaves legacy of distrust and distress ‘must be dropped’
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Disabled activists have called on the government to scrap its “dangerous” and “disastrous” disability benefits bill, despite forcing ministers into last-minute changes that scrapped all their planned cuts to personal independence payment (PIP). Chaotic events in parliament on Tuesday, and three […]

Ofcom has ‘failed millions of disabled people’ after clearing two TV shows that attacked benefit claimants

By John Pring on 3rd April 2025 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Ofcom has ‘failed millions of disabled people’ after clearing two TV shows that attacked benefit claimants
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The broadcasting watchdog has failed millions of disabled people by clearing two television programmes of disability discrimination and causing offence, including one in which some young people on disability benefits were described as “parasites”. One disabled activist warned that Ofcom’s decisions […]

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 […]

Young disabled people will ‘earn or learn’ or lose their benefits, Kendall’s unpublished comments suggest

By John Pring on 5th December 2024 Category: Employment

Young disabled people will ‘earn or learn’ or lose their benefits, Kendall’s unpublished comments suggest
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Young disabled people – including those with significant mental ill-health – will lose their benefits if they do not accept offers of education or employment, according to previously unpublished comments made by work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall. The comments, made […]

The truth about Liz Kendall’s BBC mental health wards work coach claim

By John Pring on 5th December 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

The truth about Liz Kendall’s BBC mental health wards work coach claim
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Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall had to ask the BBC to alter a news story that suggested she wanted to send employment advisers onto mental health wards, after she failed to dismiss the idea during an interview. Disability News Service […]

Anger after new business charges £100 to record benefit assessments

By John Pring on 16th January 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Anger after new business charges £100 to record benefit assessments
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A new business that charges benefit claimants £100 to record their disability assessments has been accused of exploiting disabled people’s fears about social security reforms. Disability News Service (DNS) was contacted this week by the Liverpool-based business, which says it provides […]

Activists combine to offer PIP assessment recording kits

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

Activists combine to offer PIP assessment recording kits
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Disabled activists have responded to the government’s continuing failure to deal with the dishonesty and inaccuracy of the disability benefit assessment process by launching schemes to ensure that claimants can record their own assessments. Grassroots groups of disabled activists launched two […]

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‘Disastrous’ cuts bill that leaves legacy of distrust and distress ‘must be dropped’

Four disabled Labour MPs stand up to government over cuts to disability benefits

Silence from MP sister of Rachel Reeves over suicide linked to PIP flaws, just as government was seeking cuts

Disabled people receiving care were ‘ignored by design’ during the pandemic, Covid inquiry hears

Disabled activists warn Labour MPs who vote for cuts: ‘The gloves will be off’

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SEND inspections find services in just one in four areas usually lead to ‘positive’ outcomes for disabled children

Disabled MP who quit government over benefit cuts tells DNS: ‘The consequences will be devastating’

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Minister finally admits that working-age benefits spending is stable, despite months of ‘spiralling’ claims

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