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Disability News Service (DNS) is managed by John Pring, a seasoned journalist with nearly two decades of experience covering disability topics. He started DNS in April 2009 to fill the gap in detailed reporting on matters impacting the lives of individuals with disabilities, both in specialized and general media. Read more.

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Reports send separate warning shots to English and Scottish governments on social care reform

1 week ago | disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring

Separate reports have highlighted how years of failed government promises on reform have left broken adult social care systems in both England and Scotland. In England, MPs on the Commons health and social care committee published a report this week warning of the “human and financial cost of inaction” on reform of a “failing system”.
Cuts to disability benefits will exert pressure on services, and likely lead to more deaths, MPs are told

1 week ago | disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring

The government’s multi-billion pound cuts to disability benefits will cause huge pressure on services, make it harder for disabled people to find work, and likely lead to more deaths of claimants, disabled campaigners have told a cross-party committee of MPs.They were giving evidence to the Commons work and pensions committee, as part of its inquiry into the government’s Pathways to Work green paper.
Disabled activists gate-crash DWP event and send message to ministers: ‘Your consultation is a sham’

1 week ago | disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring

Disabled activists gate-crashed one of the government’s “sham” consultation events on its disability benefits green paper, and persuaded civil servants to let them put questions that ministers had not wanted to be asked. The direct action, led by Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts, saw activists gather outside and occupy the foyer of the four-star Crowne Plaza hotel in Manchester city centre.
‘Sinister’ government analysis of assisted dying bill adds weight to fears of financial incentives for deaths

1 week ago | disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring

A “sinister” government analysis of the impact of a bill to legalise assisted suicide suggests it could eventually save public bodies more than £100 million a year in health and social care costs, benefits and pensions. The figures – which the government warned were “uncertain”, and could be even higher – were published just two weeks before MPs are set to vote on the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill at its crucial report stage.
Second wave of cuts could lead to ‘decimation’ of Access to Work scheme, but DWP refuses to comment

1 week ago | disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring

The Labour government has launched a new cost-cutting drive aimed at Access to Work, which insiders fear could destroy the scheme and lead to disabled people being forced to quit their jobs. Leaked information from multiple sources suggests the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is planning two waves of cost-cutting that will make it significantly harder for disabled people to secure support through the disability employment programme.
DWP helped cause mental distress of poverty-stricken benefit claimant who took her own life, says coroner

1 week ago | disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failings contributed to the mental distress of a disabled woman who took her own life after being left with less than three pounds in her bank accounts, a coroner has concluded. An inquest in Stockport has found that DWP’s actions were one of the factors that contributed to a decline in the mental health of 31-year-old Krissi Hunt (pictured) before her suicide on 23 November 2023.
Activist’s legal threat set to lead to more generous compensation for rail passenger assistance failures

1 week ago | disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring

Rail companies are likely to be forced to provide more generous compensation when they fail to assist disabled passengers, thanks to the actions of an accessible transport campaigner. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has written to train and station operators to tell them it plans to strengthen guidance on how they should compensate disabled passengers for failed assistance.
Reform silence after Farage suggests again that he favours sweeping cuts to disability benefits

2 weeks ago | disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring

The right-wing populist party Reform UK has given a rare glimpse of its disability policies, after its leader Nigel Farage suggested he was strongly in favour of cuts to disabled people’s benefits. The party’s supporters have attempted to make political capital in recent months by feeding off anger aimed at the Labour government’s planned cuts of billions of pounds to disability benefits.
Minister dismisses warning of ‘Orwellian’ mass surveillance of claimants, as MPs pass fraud bill

2 weeks ago | disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring

A Labour minister has dismissed a disabled MP’s warning that new anti-fraud legislation will open the door to “Orwellian levels of mass surveillance” of millions of people on means-tested benefits. Liberal Democrat Steve Darling, his party’s work and pensions spokesperson, that the public authorities (fraud, error and recovery) bill risked amplifying the challenges faced by disabled people who rely on social security.
Ofcom silent over contrast between ‘parasites’ decision and 2010 rulings on offensive language

2 weeks ago | disabilitynewsservice.com | John Pring

The broadcasting watchdog has refused to explain why it appears to have become so much more reluctant to stand up against disability hate speech in the media over the last 15 years. Ofcom was accused of failing millions of disabled people when Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last month that it had refused to investigate two television programmes over claims of disability discrimination and causing offence.

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Reports send separate warning shots to English and Scottish governments on social care reform

Cuts to disability benefits will exert pressure on services, and likely lead to more deaths, MPs are told

Disabled activists gate-crash DWP event and send message to ministers: ‘Your consultation is a sham’

‘Sinister’ government analysis of assisted dying bill adds weight to fears of financial incentives for deaths

Second wave of cuts could lead to ‘decimation’ of Access to Work scheme, but DWP refuses to comment

DWP helped cause mental distress of poverty-stricken benefit claimant who took her own life, says coroner

Activist’s legal threat set to lead to more generous compensation for rail passenger assistance failures

Reform silence after Farage suggests again that he favours sweeping cuts to disability benefits

Minister dismisses warning of ‘Orwellian’ mass surveillance of claimants, as MPs pass fraud bill

Ofcom silent over contrast between ‘parasites’ decision and 2010 rulings on offensive language

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