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Round-up: Coffey rejects ESA call, face covering exemptions, BFI presses Reset… and sunflower lanyards

By John Pring on 30th July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Round-up: Coffey rejects ESA call, face covering exemptions, BFI presses Reset… and sunflower lanyards
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey has rejected calls from her own social security advisers to give claimants of employment and support allowance (ESA) the same £1,000 increase in their annual allowance given to those receiving universal credit. The increase, which […]

Disabled talent calls on film industry to act now on disability

By John Pring on 6th February 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disabled talent calls on film industry to act now on disability
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Leading actors and writers have called on the film-making industry to move far more quickly to improve access and opportunities for disabled talent. Among those calling for change was disabled BAFTA-winning screenwriter Jack Thorne, who said the pace of change within […]

BFI’s free film collection shows 100 years of disabled people on film

By John Pring on 24th January 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

BFI’s free film collection shows 100 years of disabled people on film
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Leading disabled actors and directors and key figures in the disability movement are featured in a new collection of free online content that shows how disabled people have been represented on film in Britain over the last century. The British Film […]

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