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Mass lobby of MPs marks ‘important’ moment in fight against Labour’s benefit cuts

By John Pring on 22nd May 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Mass lobby of MPs marks ‘important’ moment in fight against Labour’s benefit cuts
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Disabled people from across the UK converged on parliament yesterday to challenge their MPs in face-to-face meetings about the government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits. Disabled activists travelled from Northern Ireland, from Wales – including a group of Disability Wales members […]

Labour confirms assisted suicide pledge, as activists protest outside parliament

By John Pring on 2nd May 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Labour confirms assisted suicide pledge, as activists protest outside parliament
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Labour has re-affirmed its commitment to making time for MPs to “have a final say” on whether assisted suicide should be legalised, just as disabled activists were protesting about the idea outside parliament. MPs were discussing a parliamentary petition set up […]

Thousands of disabled people tell MPs: Cost-of-living crisis is affecting our health

By John Pring on 25th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Thousands of disabled people tell MPs: Cost-of-living crisis is affecting our health
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Thousands of disabled people have told MPs how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting both their physical and mental health and forcing them to restrict their use of heating and hot water. More than 7,000 disabled people responded to a survey (PDF) […]

The ‘accessible queue’ for the Queen ‘was discriminatory and a shambles’

By John Pring on 22nd September 2022 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

The ‘accessible queue’ for the Queen ‘was discriminatory and a shambles’
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Disabled people who struggled for hours to queue to pay their respects to the Queen at the lying-in-state in Westminster Hall say the government treated them as an “afterthought” and that its “discriminatory” arrangements were “a shambles”. Many disabled people travelled […]

Activists explain why they ‘clashed’ with minister after PIP debate

By John Pring on 1st February 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Activists explain why they ‘clashed’ with minister after PIP debate
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Two disabled activists have explained why they “clashed” with the minister for disabled people at the end of a parliamentary debate on personal independence payment (PIP). Paula Peters and Keith Walker, from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), decided to confront Sarah […]

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Ministers are secretly considering means-testing PIP, DWP admits, despite pledge in green paper

‘We will not give a single inch,’ disabled activists vow, as Kendall publishes disability cuts bill

New figures show legalising assisted suicide is not safe, with government preparing to cut billions from benefits

Tribunal allows DWP to continue to hide information from secret reviews into universal credit deaths

Two members quit government’s ‘tokenistic’ network because Disability Unit is ignoring disabled people

Government’s ‘weak’ response to damning transport access report puts right to travel in ‘grave danger’

Rebel Labour MPs send final warning to ministers before disability cuts bill is published

Government offers three clues that it is set to plough ahead with cuts to disability benefits

‘Real danger’ that disabled people will not benefit from £39 billion for social and affordable homes

Self-driving taxis that are not accessible will be allowed pilot scheme licenses, government suggests

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