WOW campaign

Benefits and Poverty

November 23, 2017 0

Watchdog’s report shows impact of years of ‘hostile’ cuts on disabled people

Families which include both a disabled adult and a disabled child have lost more than 13 per cent of their income through seven years of government cuts, according to a new report by the equality watchdog. The report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been seen as “a vindication” of years

Transport

September 14, 2017 0

Motability’s tyre policy ‘risks safety of customers’

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The Motability car scheme has been accused of risking the safety of its disabled customers, by refusing to replace their tyres until they are only just above the legal minimum tread depth. Disabled campaigner Ian Jones, one of the founders of the WOW petition, said that the position of Motability Operations contradicts the advice

Independent Living

Protester in wheelchair holding sign saying 'The needy, paying for the sins of the greedy'

December 18, 2015

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Government’s new PIP proposals ‘will drive more into poverty and despair’

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The government looks set to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit, just two years after it was introduced. Activists this week described the move as another government attack that would lead to more disabled people being driven into poverty and despair. A consultation document issued by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Benefits and Poverty

November 20, 2015

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‘Damning’ research on WCA deaths is ‘timely’ reminder of government’s shame

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Disabled activists say government-funded research, which concludes that the programme to reassess people on incapacity benefit through the work capability assessment (WCA) was linked to 590 suicides in just three years, is both “damning” and “timely”. Campaigners, doctors and psychiatrists have been warning for several years of strong anecdotal evidence that the programme to

Benefits and Poverty

August 7, 2015

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Loss of woman’s Motability car ‘shows how vicious PIP reforms are’

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A disabled woman has lost the car she relied on to attend vital hospital appointments after the government decided she no longer needed higher level mobility support without bothering to carry out a face-to-face assessment of her needs. Jo Jones (pictured), from Stockport, had her Motability vehicle removed today (Thursday) because of the decision

Benefits and Poverty

November 28, 2014 0

Concern over government’s ‘dreadful’ response to MPs’ ‘fitness for work’ report

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Disabled activists have condemned the government’s latest refusal to order a major reform of its controversial “fitness for work” assessment. Four months ago, the Commons work and pensions select committee called for “fundamental redesign” of the much-criticised process used to determine eligibility for out-of-work disability benefits. Although campaigners were disappointed that the committee did

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Watchdog’s report shows impact of years of ‘hostile’ cuts on disabled people

Motability’s tyre policy ‘risks safety of customers’

Government’s new PIP proposals ‘will drive more into poverty and despair’

‘Damning’ research on WCA deaths is ‘timely’ reminder of government’s shame

Loss of woman’s Motability car ‘shows how vicious PIP reforms are’

Concern over government’s ‘dreadful’ response to MPs’ ‘fitness for work’ report