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Budget adds extra cash to disabled children’s savings

By guest on 16th April 2009 Category: News Archive

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The government will add an extra £100 a year to disabled children’s child trust funds, the chancellor announced in his April budget. The savings and investment accounts were introduced in 2005, with the government allocating £250 to be put into a […]

Commission’s three-pronged attack on disablist violence

By guest on 16th April 2009 Category: News Archive

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The Equality and Human Right Commission (EHRC) has launched a three-point plan to address violence and hostility towards disabled people. The plan came in its new report, Promoting the Safety and Security of Disabled People, which found that disabled people are […]

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