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Activism CampaigningBenefits PovertyPoliticsHuman RightsSearch the site ...Main ContentTop StoryPandemic survey leads to ‘outpouring of fear’ and reports of isolation and crisis9th July 2020Disabled people have experienced social isolation, cuts to support, and problems accessing food, medicine and information during the pandemic crisis, according to a new survey of hundreds of disabled people. Comments made by disabled people who took part in the survey – [ ]Latest StoriesCoronavirus: Academics call for urgent inquiry into deaths9th July 2020A group of academics have called on the government to launch an immediate inquiry into why so many disabled people have died during the COVID-19 pandemic. The call came in a new report by Oxford University’s Disability Law and Policy Project and [ ]Coffey shows ‘active contempt’ for rights over Disability Confident snub9th July 2020Work and pensions secretary Dr Therese Coffey has shown “active contempt for disability rights” by refusing to sign up to her own flagship disability employment scheme, information released by the government has confirmed. Disability News Service (DNS) has been trying since March [ ]Housing association ordered to apologise after hate crime ordeal failings9th July 2020One of southern England’s largest housing associations has been ordered to apologise to a disabled man after it failed to investigate complaints that he had been subjected to a campaign of disability hate crime and harassment by other tenants. Wheelchair-user John Vincent [ ]Disabled activists call for a refreshed social model to ‘bring it back to life’9th July 2020Disabled activists have called for a re-examination of the social model of disability to produce a “reinvigorated” version that will bring together disabled, Deaf and autistic people to challenge the oppression they face. The call came at an online meeting hosted this [ ]Countdown begins as line-up is announced for Saturday’s WILD day in9th July 2020A professional skateboarder, a wheelchair motocross world champion, a martial arts expert, a comedian and the founder of a critically-acclaimed rock band will all take part in the first World Independent Living Day (WILD) festival on Saturday. Organisers of the WILD Day [ ]DWP secrecy over panel that examines its own fatal errors9th July 2020Work and pensions ministers are refusing to release key details of the panel they set up last year to examine deaths linked to the actions of their own department. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was forced to admit in January [ ]Round-up: Secrecy on COVID impact, DWP assessments, shielding, Graeae… and Autistica9th July 2020The government is refusing to release documents that would show the expected impact on disabled people of the legislation and policies it produced in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In May, Disability News Service (DNS) asked the Cabinet Office to release the [ ]Coronavirus: Return of benefit sanctions in middle of pandemic ‘is barbaric’2nd July 2020Disabled campaigners have described the government’s decision to reintroduce benefit sanctions – in the middle of a pandemic – as “barbaric” and “life threatening”. The decision meant an end to the three-month suspension of benefit sanctions and conditionality* in England, Scotland and [ ]Coronavirus: Disabled man who starved to death ‘had obeyed stay at home message’2nd July 2020A disabled man starved to death after he became isolated during the coronavirus pandemic and was unable to access food because he had obeyed the government’s “stay at home” message. The man, from Streatham, south London, was living with mental distress and [ ]Coronavirus: Government PIP figures provide fresh evidence of virus deaths2nd July 2020New government figures have revealed that the proportion of disability benefit claimants who died in April was 15 per cent higher than the previous year, providing fresh evidence of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on disabled people. The figures, secured by [ ]EHRC failed to consult its own disabled advisers before snubbing DWP deaths probe2nd July 2020The equality watchdog failed to consult its own committee of disabled advisers before deciding not to investigate deaths of benefit claimants that have been linked to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It came as disabled activists and relatives of disabled [ ]Influential Labour MP fails four times to put benefit deaths questions to DWP2nd July 2020The Labour chair of the Commons committee tasked with holding the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to account is refusing to question its attempts to cover up links between its actions and the deaths of benefit claimants. Disability News Service (DNS) [ ]Coronavirus: Government travel exemptions ignore needs of disabled people… again2nd July 2020Disabled activists say the government has yet again ignored the support needs of disabled people during the pandemic crisis, after omitting social care workers from a list of travellers who can enter the UK without self-isolating for 14 days. The Home Office rules [ ]Council confesses: ‘We have no idea how many of our buildings are accessible’2nd July 2020A local council has admitted that it has no idea how many of the buildings it owns and rents to businesses are accessible to disabled people. The admission by Scarborough council came after it refused to force a restaurant and bar to [ ]Round-up: Universal credit, accessible housing, new recruits… and award for ‘legend’2nd July 2020A disabled student has launched a legal case against the Department for Work and Pensions over an “unlawful” policy that prevents many disabled students claiming universal credit. Sidra Kauser, from Halifax, who is studying for a master’s degree at the University of [ ]Coronavirus: Call for inquiry and urgent action after ‘shocking’ disability death stats25th June 2020Disabled people’s organisations have demanded an inquiry into the reasons behind the disproportionately high number of deaths of disabled people during the pandemic, following the publication of “shocking” and long-overdue official figures. They have also called on the government to take urgent [ ]Coronavirus: Anxiety and confusion over ‘dangerous’ move to ease shielding25th June 2020The government’s decision to further ease measures that have been protecting hundreds of thousands of disabled people from coronavirus since late March has left many of them “stunned and anxious”, say campaigners. The 2.2 million people currently described as “clinically extremely vulnerable” [ ]Watchdog snubs call for probe into DWP deaths, after delay of more than a year25th June 2020The equality watchdog has rejected calls for it to investigate deaths linked to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), more than a year after an MP asked it to launch an inquiry. Labour’s Debbie Abrahams, a former shadow work and pensions [ ]New alliance to scrap universal credit aims to mirror anti-poll tax campaign25th June 2020Disabled activists have called for opponents of universal credit (UC) across the country to help mirror the campaign that led to the poll tax being abandoned in the early 1990s, by joining a new national alliance that is demanding UC is scrapped. [ ]Coronavirus: Government’s failure to offer video PIP appeals ‘is discrimination’25th June 2020The government’s continuing failure to allow benefit appeals to be heard via video conferencing is discriminating against disabled claimants, say welfare rights experts. Many disabled people are being forced to ask for their tribunals to be postponed, because they are only being [ ]

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