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John Pring, DNS
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Editor/founder of Disability News Service; author of The Department, published by Pluto Books; disabled journalist and author; autistic.
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The government has dismissed pleas by disabled peers for ministers to introduce a national strategy to address the “untenable” state of wheelchair and community equipment services.
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Minister rejects pleas from disabled peers for national wheelchair and equipment strategy
The government has dismissed pleas by disabled peers for ministers to introduce a national strategy to address the “untenable” state of wheelchair and community equipment services. A trio of disabl…
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December 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Disabled campaigners have dismissed a watchdog’s “misleading” new league table that claims to show the best performers in assisting disabled rail passengers.
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Watchdog’s league table on rail passenger assistance is ‘misleading’, say accessible transport campaigners
Disabled campaigners have dismissed a watchdog’s “misleading” new league table that claims to show the best performers in assisting disabled rail passengers. The “benchmarking” report by the Office…
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December 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The government’s housing and regeneration agency has failed to explain why its new five-year strategy fails to mention disabled people, or the need to address the accessible housing crisis.
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Government’s housing agency fails to mention accessible homes in new five-year strategy
The government’s housing and regeneration agency has failed to explain why its new five-year strategy fails to mention disabled people, or the need to address the accessible housing crisis. Homes E…
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December 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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The Labour peer trying to steer the assisted suicide bill through the Lords has rejected attempts to remove eligibility from disabled people who are homeless, in prison or pregnant, and from many young disabled people.
#AssistedDying #AssistedSuicide
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Falconer dismisses attempts to protect four groups of disabled people in assisted dying bill
The Labour peer trying to steer the assisted suicide bill through the House of Lords has rejected attempts to remove eligibility from disabled people who are homeless, in prison or pregnant, and fr…
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December 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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The much-anticipated disability rights plan for Wales has left it to the next Welsh government to come up with a strategy to tackle the long-term barriers disabled people face in their daily lives.
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Welsh government publishes 10-year plan for disability rights… but fails to include any long-term policies
The much-anticipated disability rights plan for Wales has left it to the next Welsh government to come up with a strategy to tackle the long-term barriers disabled people face in their daily lives.…
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December 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Labour ministers considered the possibility of means-testing personal independence payment last year, but then ruled out the option, the Department for Work and Pensions has admitted.
#DWP #PIP
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Labour ministers considered means-testing PIP, but later ruled it out, watchdog’s report shows
Labour ministers considered the possibility of means-testing personal independence payment (PIP) last year, but then ruled out the option, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted. A…
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December 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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The information commissioner has dismissed attempts by the Department for Work and Pensions to describe a disabled journalist as “vengeful” and “vexatious” after he tried to obtain information about its years of safeguarding failings.
#DWP
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Watchdog dismisses DWP’s description of DNS editor as ‘vengeful’ and ‘vexatious’ for asking to see deaths email
The information commissioner has dismissed attempts by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to describe a disabled journalist as “vengeful” and “vexatious” after he tried to obtain informatio…
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December 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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The Labour government has been accused of a “truly horrifying” betrayal of disabled people after slashing an accessible housing target proposed by the last Conservative government.
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Labour accused of ‘horrifying’ betrayal of disabled people after slashing Tory accessible housing target
The Labour government has been accused of a “truly horrifying” betrayal of disabled people after slashing an accessible housing target proposed by the last Conservative government. On 18 March 2024…
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December 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Watchdog’s league table on rail passenger assistance is ‘misleading’, say accessible transport campaigners
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Watchdog’s league table on rail passenger assistance is ‘misleading’, say accessible transport campaigners
Disabled campaigners have dismissed a watchdog’s “misleading” new league table that claims to show the best performers in assisting disabled rail passengers. The “benchmarking” report by the Office…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Minister rejects pleas from disabled peers for national wheelchair and equipment strategy
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#WheelchairServices #CommunityEquipment
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Minister rejects pleas from disabled peers for national wheelchair and equipment strategy
The government has dismissed pleas by disabled peers for ministers to introduce a national strategy to address the “untenable” state of wheelchair and community equipment services. A trio of disabl…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Minister rejects pleas from disabled peers for national wheelchair and equipment strategy
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#WheelchairServices #CommunityEquipment
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Minister rejects pleas from disabled peers for national wheelchair and equipment strategy
The government has dismissed pleas by disabled peers for ministers to introduce a national strategy to address the “untenable” state of wheelchair and community equipment services. A trio of disabl…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Watchdog’s league table on rail passenger assistance is ‘misleading’, say accessible transport campaigners
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Watchdog’s league table on rail passenger assistance is ‘misleading’, say accessible transport campaigners
Disabled campaigners have dismissed a watchdog’s “misleading” new league table that claims to show the best performers in assisting disabled rail passengers. The “benchmarking” report by the Office…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Government’s housing agency fails to mention accessible homes in new five-year strategy
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Government’s housing agency fails to mention accessible homes in new five-year strategy
The government’s housing and regeneration agency has failed to explain why its new five-year strategy fails to mention disabled people, or the need to address the accessible housing crisis. Homes E…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Falconer dismisses attempts to protect four groups of disabled people in assisted dying bill
#AssistedDying #AssistedSuicide
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Falconer dismisses attempts to protect four groups of disabled people in assisted dying bill
The Labour peer trying to steer the assisted suicide bill through the House of Lords has rejected attempts to remove eligibility from disabled people who are homeless, in prison or pregnant, and fr…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Welsh government publishes 10-year plan for disability rights… but fails to include any long-term policies
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Welsh government publishes 10-year plan for disability rights… but fails to include any long-term policies
The much-anticipated disability rights plan for Wales has left it to the next Welsh government to come up with a strategy to tackle the long-term barriers disabled people face in their daily lives.…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Labour ministers considered means-testing #PIP, but later ruled it out, watchdog’s report shows
#FOIA #Labour #DWP
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Labour ministers considered means-testing PIP, but later ruled it out, watchdog’s report shows
Labour ministers considered the possibility of means-testing personal independence payment (PIP) last year, but then ruled out the option, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted. A…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Watchdog dismisses DWP’s description of disabled editor as ‘vengeful’ and ‘vexatious’ for asking to see deaths email
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#DWP
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Watchdog dismisses DWP’s description of DNS editor as ‘vengeful’ and ‘vexatious’ for asking to see deaths email
The information commissioner has dismissed attempts by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to describe a disabled journalist as “vengeful” and “vexatious” after he tried to obtain informatio…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Labour accused of ‘horrifying’ betrayal of disabled people after slashing Tory accessible housing target
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Labour accused of ‘horrifying’ betrayal of disabled people after slashing Tory accessible housing target
The Labour government has been accused of a “truly horrifying” betrayal of disabled people after slashing an accessible housing target proposed by the last Conservative government. On 18 March 2024…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Hundreds, or even thousands, of service-users in Kent should benefit from a legal case taken by a disabled woman who spent years over-paying care charges because the county council failed to tell her about crucial rules.
#MakeCareFair #SocialCare
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Thousands of disabled people in one county should benefit from care charging legal case victory
Hundreds, or even thousands, of service-users in Kent should benefit from a legal case taken by a disabled woman who spent years over-paying care charges because the county council failed to tell h…
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December 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The Scottish and UK governments are both failing to uphold the rights of disabled people in key areas, according to an annual report by Scotland’s human rights watchdog.
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Scottish and UK governments are failing to uphold disability rights, says watchdog
The Scottish and UK governments are both failing to uphold the rights of disabled people in key areas, according to an annual report by Scotland’s human rights watchdog. Two of the 10 areas of “urg…
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December 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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A statutory duty in the new railways bill to ensure ministers and public bodies promote the needs of disabled passengers is “too vague” and must be strengthened as the legislation passes through parliament, MPs have been told.
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Duty to disabled passengers in railways bill is ‘too vague’ and must be strengthened, MPs are told
A statutory duty in the new railways bill to ensure ministers and public bodies promote the needs of disabled passengers is “too vague” and must be strengthened as the legislation passes through pa…
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December 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Peers have been urged to “err on the side of caution” and raise the minimum age limit for an assisted death from 18 to 25, as part of a controversial bill that aims to legalise the practice.
#AssistedSuicide #AssistedDying
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Peers urged to ‘err on the side of caution’ and raise minimum age limit in assisted suicide bill
Peers have been urged to “err on the side of caution” and raise the minimum age limit for an assisted death from 18 to 25, as part of a controversial bill that aims to legalise the practice. As the…
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December 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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The disability minister has refused to apologise after misleading MPs about concerns over nearly £2 billion in new cuts to disability benefits.
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Minister misleads MPs as mystery deepens over new £2 billion cuts to disability benefits
The disability minister has refused to apologise after misleading MPs about concerns over nearly £2 billion in new cuts to disability benefits. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has added …
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December 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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The work and pensions secretary has bragged about cutting disabled people’s support, 3 days after launching a child poverty strategy which warned more than a million children in families where someone was disabled were living in “deep material poverty”
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McFadden brags about cutting disability benefits, just as his own strategy warns of ‘deep material poverty’
The work and pensions secretary has bragged about cutting disabled people’s support, three days after launching a child poverty strategy which warned that more than a million children in families w…
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December 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Thousands of disabled people in one county should benefit from care charging legal case victory
#CareCharges #MakeCareFair
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Thousands of disabled people in one county should benefit from care charging legal case victory
Hundreds, or even thousands, of service-users in Kent should benefit from a legal case taken by a disabled woman who spent years over-paying care charges because the county council failed to tell h…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM