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The loss of ILF doesn’t just affect ILF users-it affects everyone

We’re all in it together – aren’t we? from Moore Lavan Films on Vimeo.

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John McDonnell MP Praises DPAC at DPAC national Conference 2014

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Video from outside Courts of Justice 13th March 2013: Challenging DWP on the Closure of ILF

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UN Committee slams government failure to address disability rights violations

April 25, 2024
UN Committee slams government failure to address disability rights violations
Posted by ellen at 03:27
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UNCRPD, Universal Credit, WCA, welfare cuts, Welfare reforms
Tagged with: DPAC, human rights, rights violations, UNCRDP, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 25 April 2024 UK Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations’ Coalition UN Committee slams government failure to address disability rights violations A report published yesterday by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Disabled People concludes that the UK Government has made “no significant progress” in addressing the grave and systematic… Continue Reading UN Committee slams government failure to address disability rights violations

Disability Benefits Shake Up – what’s planned and what’s at stake?

February 13, 2024
Disability Benefits Shake Up – what’s planned and what’s at stake?
Posted by ellen at 03:55
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Welfare reforms, welfare cuts
Tagged with: DPAC

Online meeting Date: Sunday 18 February 2024 Time: 3 – 5pm Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83785735292?pwd=YjGm5MtbQiYOv1p6a9i1nClm3JrgQA.1 Meeting ID: 837 8573 5292 Passcode: 709981 British Sign Language Interpretation and palantypists provided Speakers: Bill Scott, Senior Policy Advisor, Inclusion Scotland; Andy Mitchell (@BenClaimant), Unite the union; Michael Erhardt, Policy and Campaigns Officer, Disability Rights UK; Ellen Clifford, Disabled People… Continue Reading Disability Benefits Shake Up – what’s planned and what’s at stake?

Social Security For All – uniting for a fairer system

February 13, 2024
Social Security For All – uniting for a fairer system
Posted by ellen at 03:49
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Welfare reforms, WCA, welfare cuts
Tagged with: DPAC, Welfare Reform

Time: 6.30 – 8.30pm Date: Monday 19 February 2024 Place: Thatcher room, Portcullis House, 1 Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JR British Sign Language and Palantypist provided Co-chairs: John McDonnell MP and Martha Foulds, Disabled People Against Cuts [DPAC] Speakers: Martin Cavanagh, DWP President, PCS union; Ellen Clifford, DPAC and author of The War on Disabled… Continue Reading Social Security For All – uniting for a fairer system

UK Under the United Nations Spotlight – webinar 18 July

June 30, 2023
UK Under the United Nations Spotlight – webinar 18 July
Posted by ellen at 22:38
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UNCRPD
Tagged with: disabled peoples' rights, DPAC, human rights, UNCRDP, UNCRPD

Tuesday 18 July 2023 7 – 8pm Online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81570206769?pwd=RXNuUVd4YlJ0My9BTzczRHNvNkxEZz09 Meeting ID: 815 7020 6769 Passcode: 910122 This webinar organised by DPAC and other Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs) will provide an update on activities that are happening to monitor Deaf and Disabled people’s rights in the UK under the United Nations Convention on… Continue Reading UK Under the United Nations Spotlight – webinar 18 July