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Disabled People's Voice are a user-led DPO aiming to build a better life for Disabled People as members of a more inclusive society #disability #socialmodel

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DPV@DPVH22 Sep 2025
Sharing News, Solutions, & Tools for Change: Sign up for our newsletter! Read the latest edition here. #disability #news #support #events dpv.org.uk/newsletter-archiv…
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Forcing disabled young people the DWP has already declared unfit for work into employment whilst cutting Access to Work and spreading propaganda about how disabled benefit claimants are all faking scroungers, wheres this "hope" you speak of @UKLabour @andyburnham?
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Out today, my view on the recent change in how disabled people are viewed in @guardian. I had an amazing experience as a disabled person at school in the 70s. Since then, discrimination has got far worse | Mik Scarlet | The Guardian share.google/jZxVXh4O7kPy99a…

I had an amazing experience as a disabled person at school in the 70s. Since then, discrimination...

Toxic narratives around ‘benefit scrounging’, fed by successive governments, have become embedded in the national psyche, says Mik Scarlet, campaigner and co-CEO of the national charity Phab

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Government admits that disabled people will be coerced to end their life by structural pressures such as neglect, poverty and living conditions, if medically-assisted suicide is legalised. Is this the brave new world you want, MPs?
An extract from the Government Impact Assessment for Lauren Edwards' assisted suicide Bill confirming the text of the main post.

ALT An extract from the Government Impact Assessment for Lauren Edwards' assisted suicide Bill confirming the text of the main post.

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Disabled customers are driving away from supermarkets due to poor accessibility. With 3 million Blue Badge holders in the UK you’d expect better. Complete @DisMotoringUK's survey to share your experiences and help improve parking accessibility 👇 surveymonkey.com/r/8MNFJKZ
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#CareInCrisis Ask your MP to attend the drop in on Care in Crisis organised by @DisRightsUK & Care in Crisis Coalition 📢Thurs 3rd September 📢3.30 -5.30pm 📢McMillian Room, Portcullis House 1 Parliament St, Westminster SW1A 2JR Details here: disabilityrightsuk.org/care-…

Care in Crisis

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#NoToAD #VoteNo Please write to your MP today about your concerns about the Assisted Dying Bill Ask them to Vote No on Friday 11th September 2026 Template letter to use to send to your MP is here: actionnetwork.org/letters/op…
Write to your MP. Ask them to Vote No on 11 September, explain your concerns about the Assisted Dying Bill, raise inequalities in palliative and end-of-life care, use Disability Rights UK’s template and request a meeting. #NoToAD #VoteNo

ALT Write to your MP. Ask them to Vote No on 11 September, explain your concerns about the Assisted Dying Bill, raise inequalities in palliative and end-of-life care, use Disability Rights UK’s template and request a meeting. #NoToAD #VoteNo

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Pavements are for people, not vehicles. Cars blocking footpaths steal independence from disabled people every day. Join @DPVoice calling for clear, accessible streets. Have you been impacted? Tell us below 👇 guidedogs.org.uk/streetsahea… #InclusiveStreets
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Awards celebrate internships for young people with #SEND in #Hampshire. #education #employment @hantsconnect hampshirechronicle.co.uk/new…

Young people with special needs and disabilities celebrated in Hampshire

The event celebrated progress and success in supported internships over the past year.

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Disabled people’s organisations have raised grave concerns about last week’s “less than honest” report from the Timms Review and warn that it has “diluted” disabled people’s concerns about possible cuts to their personal independence payment. #PIP #DWP disabilitynewsservice.com/pi…

PIP review: Disabled people’s organisations raise concerns over ‘less than honest’ and ‘diluted’...

Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have raised grave concerns about last week’s “less than honest” report from the Timms Review and have warned that it has “diluted” disabled people’s concerns …

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It’s not true and never was. She was seriously misadvised.
Full Fact
@FullFactJun 24
.@UKStatsAuth has written to @KemiBadenoch today, following our fact check of her inaccurate claim that the total welfare bill is now higher than income tax receipts “for the first time ever”. We hope she will correct the record soon. fullfact.org/economy/statist…

Statistics watchdog challenges Badenoch over welfare claim after Full Fact intervention – Full Fact

The UK Statistics Authority has called on the Conservatives to “clarify” the inaccurate claim in their Alternative King’s Speech.

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Can’t say I’m surprised. Disabled People always the punchline.
Disability News Service@johnpringdnsJun 25
DWP director general made ‘joke’ mocking disability equality as he waited to give evidence to MPs @CommonsPAC #AccessToWork #ReasonableAdjustments disabilitynewsservice.com/dw…

DWP director general made ‘joke’ mocking disability equality as he waited to give evidence to MPs

A senior figure in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) loudly “joked” about disability equality and reasonable adjustments as he waited to give evidence to a committee of MPs, Disability New…

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#DWP #BenefitDeaths Labour ministers have refused to release a “briefing pack” which would reveal the thoughts of civil servants on repeated calls for an inquiry into hundreds, and probably thousands, of benefit-related deaths. disabilitynewsservice.com/dw…

DWP hides secret ‘briefing pack’ which describes views of civil servants on call for benefit deaths...

Labour ministers have refused to release a “briefing pack” which would reveal the thoughts of civil servants on repeated calls for an inquiry into hundreds, and probably thousands, of benefit-relat…

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YOUR DAILY REMINDER THAT PIP IS NOT AN 'OUT OF WORK' BENEFIT. MP's and the media are lying to you.
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Government faces legal action after claimant is refused entry to #PIP tribunal because of his assistance dog disabilitynewsservice.com/go…

Government faces legal action after claimant is refused entry to PIP tribunal because of his...

A disabled man plans to take legal action against the Ministry of Justice after his benefit tribunal hearing had to be postponed when a judge banned him from bringing in his assistance dog. Thomas …

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Hot on the heels of widespread Labour defeat comes Luke Charters MP proposals for a ‘youth triple lock’. He says “young people are a generation with their backs against the wall”. How then do you justify removing benefits from disabled under 22s⁉️
Campaign photo featuring Rachel Reeves, Luke Charters, Alison Hume, and Mayor David Skaith.

ALT Campaign photo featuring Rachel Reeves, Luke Charters, Alison Hume, and Mayor David Skaith.

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The Department for Work and Pensions has increased the number of disabled claimants who will face fewer reviews of their eligibility for personal independence payment. #DWP #PIP #TimmsReview disabilitynewsservice.com/ke…

Key cost-saving change on PIP re-assessments, as DWP offers new ways to engage with Timms Review

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has increased the number of disabled claimants who will face fewer reviews of their eligibility for personal independence payment (PIP). The measures it i…

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These stunts sicken me. That’s all they are, stunts. How many blind people regularly walk round with an entourage and a bloody cameraman to keep them safe? Ban black shades face.
Flick Williams
@flickhwilliamsMay 4
Now the MP for York Outer’s turn to cosplay at being blind. Suggest his time would be better spent investigating why actual blind people are having their benefits miscalculated by DWP. My Sight York does valuable work but this is not part of it. Not consistent with #SocialModel
Photo from Press showing Luke Charters wearing sim specs and holding a long white cane.

ALT Photo from Press showing Luke Charters wearing sim specs and holding a long white cane.

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We are increasingly concerned at Disability Action Haringey about government and Motability Foundation scheme changes and what they mean for disabled people. Our CEO Phil Stevens has written about some of the impact, but more worrying impacts are still emerging. We know this will affect people’s independence and daily lives. This is not reform. It’s the erosion of rights. @InclusionBarnet @InclusionLondon @camdenDisAction @Ruils @ChoiceinHackney @InIslington @RichardBurgon @Motability @MotabilityOps @DWP @johnpringdns Read more: d-a-h.org/index.php/get-invo…
A powerful illustration showing a wheelchair user on a cracked, uneven road, reaching out as a Motability van drives away with a “closed” sign on the back. Road signs point to “loss of benefits” and “limited access.” The ground is broken with a faded disabled parking symbol, and the headline reads: “Motability changes are a step backwards for disabled people’s rights.”

ALT A powerful illustration showing a wheelchair user on a cracked, uneven road, reaching out as a Motability van drives away with a “closed” sign on the back. Road signs point to “loss of benefits” and “limited access.” The ground is broken with a faded disabled parking symbol, and the headline reads: “Motability changes are a step backwards for disabled people’s rights.”

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Need to review their timetable. Disabled People can’t wait that long for a bloody bus or train.
DPAC@Dis_PPL_ProtestApr 12
#InaccessibleTransport The government is now making disabled people wait to 2029 for more ‘recommendations’ on inaccessible transport disabilitynewsservice.com/th… via @johnpringdns

The government is now making disabled people wait to 2029 for more ‘recommendations’ on inaccessi...

Transport Accessibility campaigners have warned that the Labour government’s new integrated transport strategy “doesn’t deal with the real issue” and needs to demonstrate more tha…

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Disabled campaigners are set to meet with the CEO of Motability Operations, after calling out how the programme of proposed changes to the scheme will profoundly impact disabled people’s lives @Dis_PPL_Protest disabilitynewsservice.com/di…

Disabled campaigners brand Motability changes ‘a penalty for living a full and necessary life’

Disabled campaigners are set to meet with the CEO of Motability Operations, after calling out how the programme of proposed changes to the scheme will profoundly impact disabled people’s lives. In …

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