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Broadcaster Jeremy Vine is facing calls to have his high-profile radio and television shows axed, after years of failing to challenge content that fuels hostility towards disabled people. So far, more than 1,300 people have signed a petition calling for his […]
A third major broadcaster has been unable to provide an explanation for why high-profile presenters are failing to challenge politicians and commentators who repeat the false claim that spending on social security needs to be cut because it is out of […]
A press watchdog has received hundreds of complaints about a “toxic” article by the Daily Telegraph which asked its readers to calculate how much disabled people on out-of-work benefits were contributing to the country’s “tax burden”. The Telegraph wrote that millions […]
The broadcaster Jeremy Vine is facing angry calls for a personal apology after a member of his team published a social media post in his name that asked if it was time to “crack down” on sick and disabled people on […]
The television broadcasting industry needs to do more to increase the number of disabled people within its workforce, the regulator has warned, with new figures showing progress has stalled. In its third annual Diversity and Equal Opportunities in Television report, Ofcom […]
As few as one per cent of the employees working for some UK broadcasters have described themselves as disabled people, according to new research by the industry regulator. Ofcom’s Diversity And Equal Opportunities In Television report says disabled people appear to […]