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The government is facing the threat of legal action over its failure to take action to solve the crisis in accessible housing. The housing, communities and local government secretary Robert Jenrick has been told that he may have acted unlawfully over […]
The equality watchdog is to launch a new project that will provide funding for disabled and older people to take legal action when they have faced discrimination on public transport. The fund has not yet been officially launched by the Equality […]
A disability charity which campaigns for an end to the hostility faced by autistic people in the workplace has this week been defending its actions in an employment tribunal, following allegations made by an autistic former employee. Dave Gregson (pictured) worked […]
The equality watchdog has been accused of a “head in the sand” failure to respond to significant criticisms by MPs about its failure to enforce anti-discrimination legislation. In a new report, the Commons women and equalities committee calls on the Equality […]
The health secretary has been confronted by a campaigner after government figures revealed the number of hospitals charging disabled people to use their carparks rose by 12 per cent in just a year. Kush Kanodia, a disabled ambassador for Disability Rights […]
A disabled governor of a leading London hospital has accused its executives of arrogance and a “disgraceful” lack of compassion after they decided to start charging holders of blue badges to use their carpark. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust […]
A chain of cake shops has thanked a disabled campaigner for drawing its attention to access failures that prevented wheelchair-users entering three of its stores. Konditor said it was “ashamed” of its previous access failings and has apologised to “anyone who […]
A bus and tram company has been criticised for an “indefensible and shocking” failure to comply with a high-profile Supreme Court victory on the rights of wheelchair-users to use buses. Blackpool Transport has now been forced to back down after being […]
The equality watchdog has improved its performance in enforcing anti-discrimination laws and has become a “more muscular” regulator, it has told MPs. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said yesterday (Wednesday) that it had doubled the use of its formal […]
The rail industry is breaching its duties under the Equality Act by failing to ensure that vital buttons and other fixtures and fittings on different trains are always positioned in the same location, say disabled trade unionists. Union members called on […]