John Pring
Founder and Editor at Disability News Service
John Pring: editor/founder of Disability News Service; author of The Department, published by @PlutoPress, August 2024; disabled journalist; autistic.
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2 weeks ago |
disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring
The prime minister has been forced to face the fears of disabled people who are unable to work and have been left feeling “full of panic” and “physically sick” at the thought of benefit cuts that could leave future claimants £3,000 a month worse off.
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2 weeks ago |
disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring
Disabled activists have delivered an angry and dismissive response to a government minister who has tried to justify dropping plans to put accessibility at the heart of rail reforms from a critically-important public consultation. In a letter to the Commons transport committee, Lord [Peter] Hendy appeared to dismiss evidenced concerns about the consultation that had been raised by accessible transport campaigners.
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2 weeks ago |
disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring
Leading disabled people’s organisations (DPO) have written to work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall to express “serious concerns” about the human rights implications of her “incredibly dangerous” plans to cut spending on disability benefits. They say in the letter that her consultation on the Pathways to Work green paper, launched officially this week after the long-awaited publication of accessible versions of the document, is a “sham”.
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2 weeks ago |
disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring
At least three legal firms are examining ways in which they could support disabled people and their organisations to challenge some of the government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits in the courts. Public Law Project (PLP), Leigh Day and Bhatt Murphy – all of which have previously supported disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) to challenge the government – are examining the possibility of taking legal action.
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2 weeks ago |
disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring
The company that runs Motability has repeatedly refused to say how much money the four high street banks that own the business are making from the £7 billion-a-year disabled people’s vehicle leasing scheme. Motability Operations, which is owned by Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest and HSBC, reported nearly £7 billion in revenue last year, but it has never been clear how much the four banks make from their long-standing ownership of the company.
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