DWP admits it is helping watchdog with ‘cumulative impact’ project
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted it is helping equality experts devise…
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DWP’s impact assessment refusal exposed as a sham by EHRC and Treasury
The refusal of the Department for Work and Pensions to try to assess the impact…
EHRC takes “shocking” position on inclusive education
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been accused of taking an “absolutely disgraceful”…
Equality watchdog to look at detention deaths, harassment and access to sport
The Equality and Human Rights Commission said that its business plan for 2014-15 was “ambitious,…
Guarded optimism after forum’s marathon first meeting
The government’s new disability forum has begun its work with a marathon six-hour meeting, with…
‘Refreshed’ autism strategy is all too stale, say activists
Government plans to “refresh” England’s autism strategy will do nothing to address its “fundamental flaws”,…
PIP contractor Capita faces staff revolt over discrimination
The company responsible for carrying out disability benefit assessments across Wales and central England is…
Doctors’ union is ‘complicit’ in continuing ‘fitness for work’ deaths
Disabled activists have accused the doctors’ union of being “complicit” in deaths connected to the…
Woman killed herself after being stripped of disability benefit, says watchdog
A disabled woman almost certainly killed herself because she had been found “fit for work”…
Liberty judgments could provide safeguards for thousands
Thousands of disabled people should now receive regular reviews to ensure that they are not…