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Disabled people’s organisations tell government: Big disability charities are ‘actively harmful’ to our movement
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have made a plea to the government to listen to their “authentic” voices rather than ...
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New government figures show key policy at heart of disability employment strategy ‘will not work’
A key treatment that ministers have placed at the heart of their strategy for pushing people with mental distress and ...
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Deaths, lies and cover-ups: the case for a public inquiry into the ‘unthinkable cost’ of DWP’s systemic violence
Senior civil servants and ministers spent more than a decade covering up evidence that links the actions of a government ...
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New research exposes ‘shocking and eye-opening’ levels of bullying of universal credit claimants
New unpublished research has exposed the impact of “shocking and eye-opening” levels of bullying and systematic mistakes on disabled people forced to rely on the universal credit working-age benefits ...
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Disabled woman says council helped drive her to suicide attempts over ‘impossible’ care assessment deadlines
A local authority’s actions helped drive a disabled woman to attempt to take her own life, after it imposed an “impossible” two-week deadline upon her as part of a discriminatory social care ...
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Streeting set to announce next stage in long-term social care plan within weeks
The government is set to announce the next stage in developing its 10-year plan for social care within weeks, the health and social care secretary has told MPs. Wes Streeting (pictured) told members ...