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Disabled campaigners call on government to take seven key steps in response to final Grenfell report

By John Pring on 12th September 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled campaigners call on government to take seven key steps in response to final Grenfell report
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have called on the government to take seven key steps in response to the final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, which they believe would lead to a “sea change” in housing law and policy for disabled […]

DPO says plan for co-operation with two charities is not ‘precursor to a merger’

By John Pring on 12th September 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPO says plan for co-operation with two charities is not ‘precursor to a merger’
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One of the country’s oldest disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) has stressed that plans for closer co-operation with two other disability charities do not mean that they are moving towards a merger. The Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) was founded in 1974 by […]

Benefit appeal recordings not possible at nearly half tribunal venues

By John Pring on 17th January 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Benefit appeal recordings not possible at nearly half tribunal venues
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The government is discriminating against disabled benefit claimants by failing to install equipment at tribunal venues that would allow them to record what happens at their social security appeals, according to university researchers. Leeds University’s International Disability Law Clinic (IDLC) has […]

Local NHS is blackmailing service-users into accepting unsafe care, MPs hear

By John Pring on 2nd November 2017 Category: Independent Living

Local NHS is blackmailing service-users into accepting unsafe care, MPs hear
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People with complex healthcare needs are being “blackmailed” by their local NHS bodies into accepting unsafe levels of care in their own homes, a committee of MPs has been told. The public accounts committee was hearing evidence on the funding of […]

Plans that could force people into institutions could be ‘front line’ of national problem

By John Pring on 23rd February 2017 Category: Independent Living

Plans that could force people into institutions could be ‘front line’ of national problem
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Plans by three NHS primary care organisations to tighten restrictions on care and support spending for service-users with complex healthcare needs are a “huge concern” and could lead to disabled people being forced into institutions, say campaigners. The trio of clinical commissioning […]

NHS caps on continuing healthcare pose new threat to former ILF-users

By John Pring on 28th August 2015 Category: Independent Living

NHS caps on continuing healthcare pose new threat to former ILF-users
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Disabled people with complex health needs are at increasing risk of being forced into nursing homes by cash-strapped NHS commissioners unwilling to fund packages to support them to live independently in their own homes, campaigners fear. At least two clinical commissioning […]

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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’

GB News says it has nothing to apologise for, after guest suggests starving disabled benefit claimants

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

Disabled peers plan to ‘amend, amend, amend, amend, amend’ after assisted dying bill reaches Lords

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

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