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DPAC @Dis_PPL_Protest Oct 31

#DisabilityJustice

Join Disabled People in Manchester on Friday 4th December 2026

📢Protest - 12 noon
John Dalton St
No 10 North, Heron House, Lloyd Street,
Manchester, M2 5LE

📢Celebration - 2pm
Friends Meeting House,
6 Mount Street,
Manchester, M2 5NS

Nothing About Us Without Us
Our Vision, Our Rights
A Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People (CRDP) and UN International Day of Disabled People

Join Disabled People on Friday 4th December in Manchester

Protest - 12 noon
John Dalton St
No 10 North, Heron House, Lloyd Street,
Manchester, M2

Celebration - 2pm
Friends Meeting House,
6 Mount Street,
Manchester, M2

Listen to Disabled People before Making Policy
• Independent living not social care
• Remove the barriers for Young Disabled People
• Inclusive education not SEND
• Hands off Social Security & PIP
• Accessible housing not homelessness
• Deinstitutionalise Mental Health
• Co-production not tokenism
• Access to Work not Conditionality
• Rights Not Charity

Supported by
GM Coalition of Disabled People
Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance
Inclusion London
Disabled People Against Cuts
People First England
Alliance for Inclusive Education
Disability Rights UK
DPO Forum England

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#DWP

When @patmcfaddenmp says this -Mr McFadden said: “I’m looking for a big reset of the [welfare] system through the two reports that we’re going to receive.”
IDS said similar in 2010 & the complex complicated system of Universal Credit came in

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

www.mirror.co.uk Britain's welfare state needs a 'big reset' as ministers look to Danish model EXCLUSIVE: Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden's comments to The Mirror come ahead of two imminent reviews into the benefits system in a huge moment for the government

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#ADHD
#MentalDistress

Disabled people have provided vital first-person evidence of the extra costs faced by autistic people, and those with ADHD, anxiety and depression, just as the government appears set to recommend cuts to their benefits.

disabilitynewsservice.com/website-offers…

www.disabilitynewsservice.com Website offers evidence to counter untrue claims that ADHD and mental distress do not lead to extra... Disabled people have provided vital first-person evidence of the extra costs faced by autistic people, and those with ADHD, anxiety and depression, just as the government appears set to recommend c…

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#Employment

New DWP figures fail again to provide clarity on employment disadvantage faced by disabled people

disabilitynewsservice.com/new-dwp-figure… via @johnpringdns

www.disabilitynewsservice.com New DWP figures fail again to provide clarity on employment disadvantage faced by disabled people The government’s annual publication of figures on disability employment has failed yet again to show how disabled people’s experience in the jobs market has changed over the last year. The “main po…

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#DisabilityTax

Shocking’ survey findings show disabled people face £100 ‘disability tax’ to attend live music events

disabilitynewsservice.com/shocking-surve… via @johnpringdns

www.disabilitynewsservice.com ‘Shocking’ survey findings show disabled people face £100 ‘disability tax’ to attend live music... Disabled audience members face a “disability tax” of nearly £100 every time they attend a live music event, according to a survey by a disabled-led charity. Attitude is Everything (AiE) found that …