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More than six in ten referred to a food a food bank are Disabled people
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More than six in ten referred to a food a food bank are Disabled people

May 13, 2021
More restrictions eased for care homes
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More restrictions eased for care homes

May 12, 2021
Young Disabled people’s research project
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Young Disabled people’s research project

May 12, 2021
King’s Fund report paints bleak picture of social care
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King’s Fund report paints bleak picture of social care

May 12, 2021
Get Yourself Active contributes to new report from the National Outdoors for All Working Group
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Get Yourself Active contributes to new report from the National Outdoors for All Working Group

May 12, 2021
Grenfell Inquiry hears of ‘years of buck passing’ leading up to fire
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Grenfell Inquiry hears of ‘years of buck passing’ leading up to fire

May 12, 2021
DR UK: PEEPs must be non-negotiable outcome of post-Grenfell consultation
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DR UK: PEEPs must be non-negotiable outcome of post-Grenfell consultation

May 12, 2021
Queen’s Speech fails to deliver on social care, democracy, building and employment
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Queen’s Speech fails to deliver on social care, democracy, building and employment

May 12, 2021
Systemic problem with the Healthcare Professional PIP and ESA assessment process, suggests President of Appeal Tribunals (Northern Ireland)
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Systemic problem with the Healthcare Professional PIP and ESA assessment process, suggests President of Appeal Tribunals (Northern Ireland)

May 10, 2021
Philippa Day death: family launches legal challenge against DWP
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Philippa Day death: family launches legal challenge against DWP

May 10, 2021
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  • Scores of DWP failings linked to deaths were kept from MPs voting on benefit cuts, secret reports reveal March 5, 2026
    Scores of failings that contributed to the deaths of disabled people who relied on the social security system were kept from MPs who were voting on cuts to disability benefits in the summer of 2025, new documents have revealed. The Department for […]
    John Pring
  • DWP staff ignored rules on how to respond to claimants who report suicidal thoughts, secret reports reveal March 5, 2026
    Staff working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) repeatedly ignored crucial rules on how to respond when benefit claimants disclose that they intend to self-harm or take their own lives. New documents published quietly by DWP after a freedom of […]
    John Pring
  • New official figures disprove claims that social security spending is ‘spiralling out of control’ March 5, 2026
    New official figures published alongside this week’s spring statement have again disproved claims that spending on “welfare” is “spiralling out of control”. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook report on Tuesday, and it showed the […]
    John Pring
  • Changes to energy bill discount scheme will discriminate against many disabled people, campaigners warn March 5, 2026
    Campaigners have warned a minister that the decision to change how the Warm Home Discount Scheme is funded will discriminate against disabled people with high energy needs. Ministers decided last month to “rebalance” the costs of the scheme by moving them away […]
    John Pring
  • Disabled peer hits back at claims of ‘filibustering’ over ‘vague’ and ‘poorly drafted’ assisted suicide bill March 5, 2026
    A disabled peer has hit back at months of attacks on her and other opponents of the assisted suicide bill that accuse them of trying to block the legislation by “filibustering”. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson (pictured) is one of a handful of peers […]
    John Pring
  • Government-owned train company has been failing on disability awareness training for more than four years March 5, 2026
    A government-owned train company has had to promise to make significant improvements to the disability awareness training of its station staff after a regulator discovered it had been failing to fulfil its legal obligations for more than four years. An investigation by […]
    John Pring
  • Government’s ‘generational’ SEND reforms will leave more children in segregated settings February 26, 2026
    The government’s “generational” reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system will increase the proportion of children in “specialist” placements over the next nine years, despite ministers claiming they are moving towards more “mainstream inclusion”.   Bridget Phillipson said this […]
    John Pring
  • SEND reforms ‘are a missed opportunity’ to dismantle the barriers driving disabled pupils from mainstream February 26, 2026
    The government’s long-awaited reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system are a missed opportunity to dismantle the barriers that continue to drive disabled young people out of mainstream schools, say inclusive education campaigners. The reforms were laid out in […]
    John Pring
  • Disabled activists call on Clooney to abandon movie that is set to paint Alzheimer’s as ‘fate worse than death’ February 26, 2026
    Disabled activists in the UK have backed a US campaign that will call on actor and film-maker George Clooney to step away from a movie adaptation of a memoir that treats disability as a “fate worse than death”. In Love is based […]
    John Pring
  • Government’s advisers warn DWP minister he may need to ‘shift entrenched concerns’ over work reforms February 26, 2026
    The government’s own social security advisers have warned a minister he may need to do more to “shift entrenched concerns” among disabled claimants that they could lose their disability benefits if they take steps towards paid work. The social security advisory committee […]
    John Pring
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