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Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are living in destitution
Disability news service article, by John Pring, 28 April 2016: Hundreds of thousands of disabled people in ‘destitution’, research suggests Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are living in destitution, the first piece of research to look at extreme poverty … Continue reading
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Tagged disabled, Heriot Watt University, John Pring, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Poverty
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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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How would Brexit affect disabled people?
Brexit ‘would have dire consequences for disabled people’ by Raya Al Jadir and John Pring, in Disability News Service, 10 March 2016 Leaving the European Union (EU) would have “harmful” and “dire” consequences for disabled people, according to two of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, disabled people, EU, European Convention on Human Rights, European Union, John Pring, Raya Al Jadir
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Report says no justification for changes to PIP
Disability news service article: ‘Appalling’ consultation ‘shows government’s PIP plans are deplorable’, by John Pring, February 4 2016 An “appalling” consultation has failed to make the case for “deplorable” government plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit, according to new … Continue reading
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Tagged Crippling choices, Department of Work and Pensions, disability, Disability Benefits Consortium, DWP, John Pring, Personal Independence Payment, PIP, Spartacus, Welfare reform
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