Disabled activists have called on a council to force London’s annual gay rights parade to promise major access improvements to this year’s event. Regard, the national LGBT disabled people’s organisation, said access at last year’s Pride London was “difficult and dangerous”, […]
Sainsbury’s to sponsor 2012 Paralympics
The organisers of London 2012 have signed up the supermarket giant Sainsbury’s as a headline sponsor of the Paralympics. LOCOG, the 2012 organising committee, said the deal to become a “tier one partner” was the “largest sponsorship ever” of a Paralympics, […]
Figures show long waits for home adaptations
Disabled and older people have been waiting up to eight years for their councils to carry out the adaptations they need to live independently at home, according to new figures. The statistics – revealed through Freedom of Information Act requests – […]
Rail access budget ‘halved’
The government appears to have slashed one of the budgets for improving access at railway stations by more than half. The Department for Transport (DfT) had been intending to spend £7.9 million on improving access at stations across Britain in 2010-11 […]
Protesters call for inquiry into death of disabled woman
Disabled campaigners have held a public protest over the case of a disabled woman who died in despair at her failure to secure the accessible housing and support she needed. Protesters outside Camden council’s department of housing and adult social care […]
ELECTION 2010: Parties mired in welfare reform confusion
Conservative policy on incapacity benefit (IB) reform appeared in disarray today after the party’s disability spokesman contradicted public comments by his boss. Last week, Theresa May, the Conservative work and pensions spokeswoman, told the BBC that all “2.6 million people on […]
ELECTION 2010: Policies on public services ‘will be crucial’
The most important election issues for disabled people are the benefits system, the NHS and social care, according to a new survey. Many disabled people will also look at parties’ policies on poverty and equality when deciding who to vote for […]
Sainsbury’s to sponsor 2012 Paralympics
The organisers of London 2012 have signed up the supermarket giant Sainsbury’s as a headline sponsor of the Paralympics. LOCOG, the 2012 organising committee, said the deal to become a “tier one partner” was the “largest sponsorship ever” of a Paralympics, […]
Manufactured goods ‘must be included in new EU laws’
Campaigners have called on the government to back demands for manufactured goods to be covered by new European Union (EU) anti-discrimination laws. The draft equal treatment directive would extend protection from discrimination on the grounds of disability, age, sexual orientation and […]
ELECTION 2010: Key concerns remain over welfare reform
Striking differences have emerged between the Liberal Democrats and the other two main parties over how they would treat disabled people on out-of-work benefits. Important questions also remain over both Labour and Conservative plans on welfare reform. Both Labour and the […]