Posted by Emily Buchanan: Chartwell Insurance Believe it or not, the involuntary sterilisation of disabled people is still legal in Australia (and technically still legal in the US). Whilst this news will come as a shock to many, the Senate Standing […]
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Equality watchdog ignored calls to assess impact of cuts on disabled people
The equality watchdog has ignored repeated requests from its own disability committee to investigate the combined impact of the government’s cuts to support and services on disabled people, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. The refusal of the Equality and Human […]
Equality watchdog to scrap vital disability committee
Serious questions have been raised over why the equality watchdog has decided to scrap the disabled-led committee that makes some of its most important decisions on disability equality, ignoring the advice of an independent reviewer. The Equality and Human Rights Commission […]
Government’s softly-softly jobs conference sparks anger
The government has held a huge conference to set out its “non-confrontational” approach to persuading business to employ more disabled people. The Working Together conference in London brought about 300 businesses and disabled entrepreneurs together, as the coalition launched a two-year […]
Maynard retreats from ‘extremists’ comments
The disabled MP who caused outrage across the disability movement by branding anti-cuts activists and campaigners “extremists” has privately apologised to some of those he insulted. Despite promising to meet with some of the groups he referred to in a speech […]
Bosses refuse to order review of Solar Centre abuse
The public bodies responsible for a series of serious failures and a six-year delay in securing justice for disabled people abused at a Doncaster day centre have refused to order an independent review into the scandal. The successful prosecution of two […]
End of the road for Equality 2025
The government has decided to scrap its high-level advice body of disabled people, Equality 2025, following an independent review. It is the second disabled-led advice body to be told this week that it faces abolition, following the decision of the Equality […]
DWP makes progress on opening up Access to Work
The government has opened up its Access to Work (AtW) scheme to new groups of young disabled people, just days before it is due to release statistics on how many people used the programme last year. The changes were recommended by […]
‘Let councils take the strain on employment’
Local authorities in London have questioned why the government’s Work Programme is finding jobs for so few disabled people, when council-run schemes are much more successful. London Councils pointed to an analysis of government figures, which showed that fewer than five […]
Disabled MP silent over ‘extremist’ claims
Activists have reacted with a mixture of anger and bemusement after a disabled MP appeared to brand nearly every organisation campaigning against cuts to disabled people’s support as “extremists”. The Conservative MP Paul Maynard used a Commons debate to attack campaigning, […]