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Frustration and anger at Labour’s new ‘tick-box’ roadshow plans

By John Pring on 11th February 2021 Category: Politics

Frustration and anger at Labour’s new ‘tick-box’ roadshow plans
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Disabled activists have spoken of their growing frustration and even anger with Labour’s failure to engage properly with user-led organisations, after the party announced a new roadshow aimed at hearing from individual disabled people around the country. Vicky Foxcroft, Labour’s shadow […]

DPOs ‘shocked and dismayed’ over survey, as government faces threat of legal action

By John Pring on 21st January 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPOs ‘shocked and dismayed’ over survey, as government faces threat of legal action
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across the country say they are “shocked and dismayed” by the government’s failure to engage with them, as ministers prepare to publish their long-awaited disability strategy. The concerns came after the minister for disabled people, Justin Tomlinson, […]

Meeting sees relaunch of ‘bold and brilliant’ independent living strategy

By John Pring on 26th November 2020 Category: Independent Living

Meeting sees relaunch of ‘bold and brilliant’ independent living strategy
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Disabled activists hope to build a new social movement that will campaign for a “bold and brilliant” national independent living service that would be available free of charge to anyone in England who needs it. They used an online meeting to […]

Funding provides opportunity to build evidence of national DPO crisis

By John Pring on 15th October 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Funding provides opportunity to build evidence of national DPO crisis
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New research will seek crucial evidence of the “serious crisis” facing disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across England. Inclusion London has secured £80,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund to research the state of England’s “chronically under-resourced, fragmented and precarious” DPO sector. […]

CQC’s care agency COVID deaths secrecy ‘puts commercial interests before disabled people’

By John Pring on 17th September 2020 Category: Independent Living

CQC’s care agency COVID deaths secrecy ‘puts commercial interests before disabled people’
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The care regulator has been accused of prioritising the financial interests of home care agencies over the safety of disabled people, after refusing to release information that would show which of them have reported deaths of service-users linked to coronavirus. The […]

Tomlinson faces fresh pressure over ‘pathetic’ engagement with DPOs

By John Pring on 10th September 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tomlinson faces fresh pressure over ‘pathetic’ engagement with DPOs
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The minister for disabled people is facing fresh criticism for failing to carry out “meaningful” engagement with disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) during the coronavirus pandemic. Three DPOs have this week criticised the failure of Justin Tomlinson and his new Disability Unit […]

Coronavirus: ‘Scandalous’ silence of government’s Disability Unit as thousands die

By John Pring on 16th July 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: ‘Scandalous’ silence of government’s Disability Unit as thousands die
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The government has been accused of a “totally reprehensible failure” after its new Disability Unit failed to make a single announcement in more than three months, while more than 20,000 disabled people were dying from COVID-19. The unit was set up […]

Seán McGovern: Tributes paid to ‘principled and tenacious fighter for rights’

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Seán McGovern: Tributes paid to ‘principled and tenacious fighter for rights’
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Disabled and union activists have joined family, friends and politicians in paying tribute to Seán McGovern – a principled, tenacious and influential fighter for disability rights – who died last week. He died suddenly, only a day after the death of […]

Coronavirus: CQC faces legal action over decision to halt most inspections

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: CQC faces legal action over decision to halt most inspections
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Disabled people’s organisations and charities have sent a legal letter to the care watchdog, warning that its decision to halt its regular programme of inspections has put many disabled and older people at “heightened risk” of harm. They say that service-users […]

ROFA conference sees calls for charities to make way for DPOs

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

ROFA conference sees calls for charities to make way for DPOs
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Disabled people’s organisations have called on charities that are not user-led to “move over and stop taking our space”. The calls came during the Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) national conference, which had been due to take place in Manchester, but […]

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