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Call for hate crime law reform, as broadcaster says young people too sick to work are ‘parasites’
A right-wing broadcaster is likely to escape police action despite describing young disabled people on out-of-work benefits ...
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DWP finally admits ordering more than 30 secret reviews into universal credit harm and deaths last year
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally admitted that it carried out more than 30 secret reviews last year ...
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DWP’s treatment of disabled people under Tories was ‘terrible and inexcusable crime’, says MP
The way the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has treated disabled people in the last 15 years “will go down in history ...
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Minister’s pledges are ‘beginning of the end’ of rail assistance ‘chaos’ and ‘nonsense’, says disabled peer
Labour’s rail minister had made a series of promises that could see “the beginning of the end” of sub-standard assistance for ...
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Mental health bill ‘will not stop us being locked up’, say disabled activists
A long-awaited new mental health bill falls far short of the fundamental reforms needed to ensure full human rights for ...
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DWP denies destroying documents that would have shown why it weakened rules on secret suicide reviews
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has denied destroying documents that would have revealed why it weakened guidance on when to investigate the cases of benefit claimants who took their ...
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Delay in publishing Leadbeater bill ‘is truly shocking’
Disabled activists have criticised the “truly shocking” failure of an MP to publish a bill that aims to legalise assisted suicide, just three weeks before it is due to be debated – and voted on – ...
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Access to Work spending doubles in seven years
Spending on supporting disabled people in work through a disability employment scheme has more than doubled in real terms in the last seven years, new government figures have revealed. The new ...