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A senior figure in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) loudly “joked” about disability equality and reasonable adjustments as he waited to give evidence to a committee of MPs, Disability News Service can reveal. The incident has raised fresh concerns […]
The Cabinet Office has admitted that it does not ask its own disability ambassadors if they self-identify as disabled people, sparking serious concerns about the government’s commitment to equality. The government now has 20 disability and access ambassadors across areas such […]
The TUC is calling for action to make it easier for disabled people to work from home, after a huge majority of those who have done so during the pandemic said they wanted to continue being able to do so. A […]
A disabled politician has described the equality training given to fellow councillors as “a joke” after a Liberal Democrat rival was forced to apologise for posting a message on social media that accused him of using his impairment for political purposes. […]