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John Pring: editor/founder of Disability News Service; author of Longcare Survivors: The Biography of a Care Scandal; disabled journalist
London, Englanddisabilitynewsservice.comJoined April 2010

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This is our Conservative MPs voting against levelling up to give equality of accessibility and opportunity to all of our railway passengers.
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‘Levelling up’ Tory MPs defeat bid for legal duty to make all rail stations accessible #LevellingUp @LordOrk @ABCommuters @TimFarron @Doug_Paulley disabilitynewsservice.com/levelling-up-t
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"But when Disability News Service (DNS) tested the £6.4 million Support with Employee Health and Disability service, it was just a series of web pages that offer advice to employers and managers in different situations." 🫥😶‍🌫️🫠 via
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Minister for disabled people deletes tweet about DWP’s £6 million website disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-for-d
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"She had made her comments while at the annual #DisabilityPower100 awards event, run by the charity which has DWP employment contracts worth tens of millions of pounds a year and sponsors several special schools." Via
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Minister for disabled people deletes tweet about DWP’s £6 million website disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-for-d
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Pleased to be nominated for the Press Gazette journalism awards and I must mention without his long-term work on the DWP this film would not have been nearly as good.
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Personal Finance Journalism pt 2: @richardbutchins @vjbnoble David Henshaw, Melanie Quigley & Ian Lloyd @C4Dispatches @Hardcashprod @Tomreporter @VBischoff @MilesDilworth @DailyMailUK pressgazette.co.uk/british-journa
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Just wrong. Why do disabled people not count? As a disabled person this limits mine and others ability to work and have a life outside of work #DisabilityTwitter #DisabilityInclusion
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‘Levelling up’ Tory MPs defeat bid for legal duty to make all rail stations accessible #LevellingUp @LordOrk @ABCommuters @TimFarron @Doug_Paulley disabilitynewsservice.com/levelling-up-t
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NHS bodies have this week been unable to point to any evidence that plans have been drawn up to protect people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes, in the event of power blackouts this winter.
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