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Disabled high-rise leaseholders are living in post-Grenfell fear of fire and financial ruin

By John Pring on 7th January 2021 Category: Housing

Disabled high-rise leaseholders are living in post-Grenfell fear of fire and financial ruin
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Disabled people who lease their own flats in high-rise buildings have been left frightened for their lives, but also in fear of losing their homes, because of the government’s failure to address the growing post-Grenfell safety scandal. A new campaign group, […]

Disabled people highlight scores of lockdown concerns

By John Pring on 7th January 2021 Category: Independent Living

Disabled people highlight scores of lockdown concerns
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Disabled people have highlighted gaps in social security support, flaws in the shielding system and worries about access to vaccines, after they were asked to describe their concerns as England entered its third national coronavirus lockdown*. They raised scores of different […]

Labour apologises for inaccessible disability rights event

By John Pring on 3rd December 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Labour apologises for inaccessible disability rights event
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Labour has apologised after it admitted that a meeting held to mark the international day of disabled people was inaccessible to some disabled people. The meeting was hosted by Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people, Vicky Foxcroft, and aimed to gather […]

Tomlinson adds again to confusion over DWP’s single assessment plans

By John Pring on 26th November 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tomlinson adds again to confusion over DWP’s single assessment plans
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The minister for disabled people has added fresh confusion to the government’s planned social security reforms after apparently misleading a second parliamentary meeting about proposals to merge assessments for disability benefits. Last year, the government confirmed it was pushing ahead with […]

Minister told by human rights experts to end unacceptable education opt-out

By John Pring on 26th November 2020 Category: Education

Minister told by human rights experts to end unacceptable education opt-out
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A minister has been told by a former member of the UN’s disability rights committee that the government must end its unacceptable opt-out from the duty to ensure inclusive education for disabled children under the UN disability convention. The demand from […]

Shielding MPs hope new bill will force government to act on COVID discrimination

By John Pring on 19th November 2020 Category: Politics

Shielding MPs hope new bill will force government to act on COVID discrimination
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Opposition MPs are supporting a bill that would force the government to allow all MPs who have been shielding from coronavirus to take a full part in parliamentary proceedings. The ten-minute rule bill was devised by Labour’s Geraint Davies but had […]

Concerns growing over Rees-Mogg’s ‘shocking’ comments on shielding MPs

By John Pring on 12th November 2020 Category: Politics

Concerns growing over Rees-Mogg’s ‘shocking’ comments on shielding MPs
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Concerns are growing over comments made by a government minister who told MPs shielding from coronavirus that it was their “duty” to return to the House of Commons, even though that could put their lives at risk. One MP who has […]

Rees-Mogg accuses shielding MPs of ‘shirking their duty’ by working from home

By John Pring on 5th November 2020 Category: Politics

Rees-Mogg accuses shielding MPs of ‘shirking their duty’ by working from home
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A government minister has accused MPs who are disabled or are otherwise shielding from coronavirus of shirking their “duty” by refusing to come to the House of Commons to take part in debates during lockdown. The comments by the leader of […]

Labour silent over why it watered down Foxcroft’s criticism of government

By John Pring on 22nd October 2020 Category: Politics

Labour silent over why it watered down Foxcroft’s criticism of government
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The Labour party has refused to explain why it watered down strong criticism of the government by its own shadow disability minister. Last week, Disability News Service revealed that an email mistakenly sent to Disability News Service by a member of […]

Labour waters down criticism of government by its own shadow disability minister

By John Pring on 15th October 2020 Category: Politics

Labour waters down criticism of government by its own shadow disability minister
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Powerful criticism of the government’s performance on COVID-19 and disability employment by Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people was significantly watered down by her own party, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. An email mistakenly sent to DNS yesterday (Wednesday) by […]

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