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Stephen Carre WCA scandal: Tory ministers ‘knew their policy was lethal’

By John Pring on 13th November 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Stephen Carre WCA scandal: Tory ministers ‘knew their policy was lethal’
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Disabled activists have called for ministers to face a criminal investigation, over their apparent failure to hand a crucial coroner’s report about the discredited “fitness for work” test to their own independent expert. Earlier this week, a Disability News Service (DNS) […]

Ministers finally admit – almost – that they COULD assess overall cuts impact

By John Pring on 6th November 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Ministers finally admit – almost – that they COULD assess overall cuts impact
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The government appears to have finally admitted that it could carry out an assessment of the overall impact of its cuts and reforms on disabled people… if it had the right “tools”. Ministers have consistently denied – despite evidence from their […]

‘Trench warfare’ as DPAC protesters shame Tories outside their conference

By John Pring on 9th October 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘Trench warfare’ as DPAC protesters shame Tories outside their conference
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Disabled activists have explained why they needed to hold the government to account over its “sickening” and “degrading” cuts by protesting outside this week’s Conservative party conference in Manchester. The protest, organised by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), saw disabled people […]

Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Atos ‘has no idea’ if surgeon is still assessing claimants

By John Pring on 25th September 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Atos ‘has no idea’ if surgeon is still assessing claimants
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Government contractor Atos Healthcare claims it has no idea if a former surgeon whose flawed assessment of a disabled man helped trigger his suicide is still testing people with mental health conditions for their eligibility for disability benefits. Disability News Service […]

DWP exposes IDS ‘lies’ about success of Disability Confident campaign

By John Pring on 25th September 2015 Category: Politics

DWP exposes IDS ‘lies’ about success of Disability Confident campaign
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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been accused of lying to his own party conference about the success of his campaign to encourage employers to be more “disability confident”. Duncan Smith (pictured) told last year’s conference in Birmingham that more […]

Budget: Chancellor’s WRAG decision is ‘misguided’ and ‘cruel’

By John Pring on 10th July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Budget: Chancellor’s WRAG decision is ‘misguided’ and ‘cruel’
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Disabled people and their organisations have branded this week’s budget misguided and cruel, and say it will drag many more disabled people into poverty. Their chief target was the chancellor’s decision to remove – from April 2017 – the extra financial […]

Disability poverty rose sharply in fourth year of coalition

By John Pring on 3rd July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disability poverty rose sharply in fourth year of coalition
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The proportion of disabled people living in poverty rose sharply in the fourth year of the coalition government, according to official figures. Disabled campaigners say the rise was an inevitable consequence of a string of cuts to disabled people’s support under […]

Setback for disabled people’s union, but activists insist ‘it’s an idea whose time has come’

By John Pring on 5th June 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Setback for disabled people’s union, but activists insist ‘it’s an idea whose time has come’
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More campaigners have added their voices to calls for a new national organisation of disabled people that they hope would bring together the “fragmented” disability movement. The idea is still being widely discussed, even though at least two of the campaigners […]

Osborne’s budget silence on disability ‘is ominous’

By John Pring on 20th March 2015 Category: Politics

Osborne’s budget silence on disability ‘is ominous’
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Leading disabled figures have warned that the chancellor’s “ominous” failure to mention disability or social care in this week’s budget could be a sign that he plans to target disabled people’s support and services for fresh cuts. George Osborne promised £12 […]

Ministers change the story – yet again – on benefit-related deaths

By John Pring on 30th January 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

Ministers change the story – yet again – on benefit-related deaths
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Ministers have admitted releasing yet more inaccurate information about their secret inquiries into the deaths of benefit claimants. Last year, the Department for Work and Pensions stated, in a Freedom of Information Act (FoI) response, that it did not hold any […]

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