Friends of the disability rights campaigner David Morris are to pay tribute to his life and work at next month’s Liberty disability arts festival. Morris – who died in April – was a leading figure in Liberty’s development and this year’s […]
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Government spending cut raises threat of repossessions
Tens of thousands of disabled people will be at risk of having their homes repossessed because the government is cutting spending on a mortgage interest support scheme, according to a national housing body. The chancellor, George Osborne, announced in his emergency […]
Tube cuts ‘could undermine mobility of disabled people’
Planned cuts to hundreds of jobs across London Underground could make it harder for disabled passengers to secure the assistance they need to use the service say campaigners. Three organisations that campaign on disability issues – London Visual Impairment Forum (LVIF), […]
Tanzania project breaks new ground for unions
A unique project – backed by international trade unions – aims to promote the employment rights of disabled people in Tanzania. The pilot programme will find jobs for 20 disabled people, while training existing trade union members in Tanzania to be […]
Mayor’s equality scheme ‘is vague and confusing’
The mayor of London’s new scheme for promoting disability equality is vague, confusing and “shows signs of having been pulled together in a hurry”, according to the capital’s leading disabled people’s organisation (DPO). The draft version of the mayor’s disability equality […]
UK ‘could learn from developing world’ on disability equality
Disability organisations in the UK could learn from developing countries about how to cope with the impact of public sector funding cuts, according to a leading disabled human rights expert. Diane Mulligan, who leads the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s work […]
Treasury fails to remove disablist comments from cuts website
The government has been forced to suspend its new spending cuts website after it allowed members of the public to post offensive comments about disabled people – and then failed to remove them. The Treasury’s Spending Challenge website received more than […]
Mencap’s hate crime coalition plans in disarray
Disabled activists have criticised plans for a new disability hate crime coalition that will be led by one of the big disability charities, with little apparent involvement from disabled people. Plans for the coalition appeared to be in disarray after disabled […]
Cameron’s digital champion calls for government action on websites
David Cameron’s “digital champion” has called on the government to shut down publicly-funded websites that are not accessible to disabled people. Martha Lane Fox, who was reappointed as the UK digital champion by the prime minister last month, made the call […]
Disabled people given extra time to volunteer for 2012
Disabled people who want to volunteer at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be able to start applying later this month – nearly two months earlier than non-disabled people. The 2012 organising committee (LOCOG) decided to give disabled people […]