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Crabb’s mixed signals on fresh disability benefit cuts
Disability news service blog post: by John Pring, 12 May 2016: Crabb’s mixed signals on fresh disability benefit cuts The new work and pensions secretary has sent out mixed signals on whether he wants to make further cuts to spending on … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, Disability news service, Independent, John Pring, Stephen Crabb MP, Turn2us, Welfare reform, Works and Pensions secretary
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Capita faces fresh calls to be stripped of PIP contracts after documentary
Disability news service article, by John Pring, 14 April 2016: Capita faces fresh calls to be stripped of PIP contracts after documentary One of the three outsourcing giants that assesses people for their eligibility for disability benefits is facing calls … Continue reading
Equality watchdog to mirror UN inquiry into DWP’s rights violations
Disability news service article by John Pring, April 7, 2016: Equality watchdog to mirror UN inquiry into DWP’s rights violations The equality watchdog is to commission a major piece of research into whether the government’s welfare reforms have harmed the human … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability news service, EHRC, Equality and Human Rights Commission, House of Lords, Iain Duncan Smith MP, John Pring, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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More disabled people add their voices to Brexit opposition
Disability news service: More disabled people add their voices to Brexit opposition, by John Pring, March 17, 2016 More disabled people have come forward to argue that a decision to quit the European Union (EU) would harm disability rights in … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Disability news service, European Union
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