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John Pring: editor/founder of Disability News Service; author of The Department, to be published by Pluto Books, August 2024; disabled journalist; autistic.

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Reading what's happening to carers and knowing what happens to everyone else on different benefits, it horrifies me to think what the DWP will do when it is given surveillance powers to trawl the bank accounts of millions of people. DWP cannot be trusted with so much power.

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Disabled people living on the streets, yards from former Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) offices.

And at the same time, even more families with disabled children living were poverty, according to DWPs own new poverty measurement.

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Trio of London mayoral candidates show ‘contempt’ by snubbing disability hustings

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Where's the Benefit?(@wheresbenefit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’re the DWP’s real target. Disability News Service wrote this amazing article on 30 years of cruelty and death by DWP of us disableds disabilitynewsservice.com/the-department…

Some people have compared the prosecution of CA claimants to that of subpostmasters/mistresses, and they’re half-right.

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Phil 🆓🌍🧩🎲(@Phil_Free_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“We are deeply disappointed that of the four parties represented at the hustings, only the Green Party sent their mayoral candidate.”

Trio of mayoral candidates show ‘contempt’ by snubbing disability hustings - Disability News Service
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“We are on UC, but it’s less than it should be. We have been told numerous times we cannot have crisis loans. It’s either life or death on the streets.”

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Call for volunteers to fill ‘massive gap’ in support for autistic survivors of sexual violence - Disability News Service
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Trio of mayoral candidates show ‘contempt’ by snubbing disability hustings disabilitynewsservice.com/trio-of-mayora… via Disability News Service

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A new disabled-led organisation is appealing for volunteers to help it fill the “massive gap” in support for autistic survivors of sexual violence and abuse, and allow their voices to be heard more loudly and enable them to influence change.
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A new disabled-led organisation is appealing for volunteers to help it fill the “massive gap” in support for autistic survivors of sexual violence and abuse, and allow their voices to be heard more loudly and enable them to influence change.
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A disabled people’s organisation has accused the government of misrepresenting the high levels of inequality faced by disabled people in the workplace.
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Only nine disability hate crimes in the whole of London led to significant action being taken by police last year, politicians have been told during a disabled people’s election hustings event.

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