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Access to Work crisis: Chaos brings threats to self-employed claimants

By John Pring on 24th October 2014 Category: Employment, Human Rights, News Archive

Access to Work crisis: Chaos brings threats to self-employed claimants
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The government has threatened to remove Access to Work funding from a high-profile disabled consultant, because he cannot prove he is self-employed, even though he has been working for himself for the last 16 years. Simon Stevens was presented with a […]

Councils cutting back on workplace adjustments, says new study

By John Pring on 24th October 2014 Category: Employment, Human Rights, News Archive

Councils cutting back on workplace adjustments, says new study
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Local authorities across the UK have cut spending on making their workplaces accessible for disabled employees, as a result of the coalition’s spending cuts, according to new research. The study found that previous “generally good” practice among 33 local authorities examined […]

DWP contradicts its own position on benefit-related deaths… again

By John Pring on 17th October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

DWP contradicts its own position on benefit-related deaths… again
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has sparked fresh anger after it finally admitted that it does carry out reviews into the deaths of some claimants of disability benefits. DWP had previously stated, in a Freedom of Information (FoI) Act […]

Family could lose home after theme park pursues discrimination case costs

By John Pring on 17th October 2014 Category: Human Rights, News Archive

Family could lose home after theme park pursues discrimination case costs
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A disabled man who lost a discrimination case against a theme park due to a legal loophole is now at risk of losing the family home because the company is insisting on recovering its legal costs. Paul and his wife Belinda, […]

‘Hypocrisy claim’ after government admits funding 17 foreign DPOs for shadow reports

By John Pring on 17th October 2014 Category: Human Rights, News Archive

‘Hypocrisy claim’ after government admits funding 17 foreign DPOs for shadow reports
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The government has admitted funding 17 disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in developing countries to produce critical reports for the UN on their own governments, while refusing to fund DPOs for similar work in the UK. The admission came in a response […]

‘Dreadful’ access means Houses of Parliament ‘not fit for purpose’, says disabled peer

By John Pring on 10th October 2014 Category: Human Rights, News Archive, Politics

‘Dreadful’ access means Houses of Parliament ‘not fit for purpose’, says disabled peer
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A peer campaigning to become the first disabled president of the Liberal Democrats has complained that the debating chamber of the House of Lords is so inaccessible that sometimes only three wheelchair-users can speak in the same debate. There are believed […]

Disabled tourist’s second court victory ‘secures protection for millions’

By John Pring on 10th October 2014 Category: Human Rights, News Archive

Disabled tourist’s second court victory ‘secures protection for millions’
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A judge has ruled that services provided abroad by British tour operators are subject to disability discrimination laws, ensuring protection for millions of disabled tourists. The ruling at Sheffield county court over-ruled a previous judge who found that holiday giant Thomas […]

Equality watchdog brings non-disabled people onto disability committee for first time

By John Pring on 3rd October 2014 Category: Human Rights, News Archive

Equality watchdog brings non-disabled people onto disability committee for first time
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The equality watchdog has appointed two non-disabled people to its disability committee for the first time. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said its seven new committee members had been recruited “on the basis of their understanding of the barriers […]

DWP’s confession: ‘We ignore benefit-related deaths’

By John Pring on 26th September 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

DWP’s confession: ‘We ignore benefit-related deaths’
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted making no effort to collect – or learn the lessons from – reports of disabled people whose deaths have been linked to the withdrawal or non-payment of disability benefits. The admission came […]

Disability History Month will look back to First World War

By John Pring on 19th September 2014 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport, Human Rights, News Archive

Disability History Month will look back to First World War
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This year’s UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) will examine the appalling treatment of veterans who became disabled after fighting in the First World War. UKDHM was set up to celebrate disabled people’s lives and explore the history of negative attitudes and […]

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