John Pring

Disabled anti-cuts activists have heavily criticised the TUC after it drew close links between personal independence payment (PIP) and employment in its response to a government review on the futur…

Disabled campaigners have welcomed Motability’s decision to suspend a controversial programme that uses technology to monitor how its customers are driving, but they have also called for it to scra…

The former Labour minister commissioned to investigate why so many younger people are not in jobs, training or education has told MPs that he believes work can be a cure for the “tsunami of distres…

The equality watchdog has completed its draft report into allegations of unlawful treatment of disabled benefit claimants by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), two years after the inquiry …

A groundbreaking book that uncovers the hidden histories of disabled people who fought against injustice shows disabled people are still “locked in bureaucratic battles” for support, just as they w…

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 …

The government is facing serious questions over the success of a key employment support scheme, after its own research showed the NHS organisations running its pilot projects fell far short of thei…

The equality watchdog has appointed just one disabled person to its board of commissioners, but it has been heavily criticised for refusing to reveal their identity. In recent months, Bridget Phill…

New government research has proved disabled activists were right to warn that receiving employment advice on top of NHS talking therapy would push many people with mental distress further away from…

New government research has proved disabled activists were right to warn that receiving employment advice on top of NHS talking therapy would push many people with mental distress further away from the jobs market.