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DWP loses court case over inaccessible benefit letters… but keeps sending them

By John Pring on 3rd August 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP loses court case over inaccessible benefit letters… but keeps sending them
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is continuing to send an access consultant inaccessible letters about his disability benefits, despite the high court ruling that this was unlawful discrimination. Dr Yusuf Ali Osman, who is blind, had brought a judicial […]

Labour conference: Co-production will be my top priority, says Foxcroft

By John Pring on 29th September 2022 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Co-production will be my top priority, says Foxcroft
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Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people has pledged that co-producing policy with disabled people and ensuring government communications are accessible will be her top priorities if her party wins power at the next general election. Vicky Foxcroft (pictured) said it would […]

Government ‘ignored advice from disability organisations’ on lying-in-state

By John Pring on 29th September 2022 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Government ‘ignored advice from disability organisations’ on lying-in-state
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The government ignored crucial advice from disability organisations when it was planning an “accessible queue” for disabled people who wanted to pay their respects to the Queen at the lying-in-state in Westminster Hall, it emerged this week. The Department for Digital, […]

Government backs down over inaccessible shielding letters, hours before court case

By John Pring on 25th March 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government backs down over inaccessible shielding letters, hours before court case
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The government has been forced to make a series of promises aimed at improving the accessibility of the way it communicates with those shielding from coronavirus. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) made the concessions hours before it was […]

Hancock faces court action over accessible shielding information

By John Pring on 4th February 2021 Category: Independent Living

Hancock faces court action over accessible shielding information
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The high court is set to hear a disabled woman’s claim that the government breached equality and human rights laws by failing to provide her with accessible shielding information during the pandemic. Sarah Leadbetter, from Narborough, Leicestershire, who is blind and […]

‘Vast majority’ of important government COVID information ‘is inaccessible to BSL-users’

By John Pring on 17th December 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘Vast majority’ of important government COVID information ‘is inaccessible to BSL-users’
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The “vast majority” of important COVID-19-related information provided by the UK government is not accessible to users of British Sign Language (BSL), a new investigation has found. A report on the investigation will be submitted by lawyers for BSL-user Katie Rowley […]

Coronavirus: No 10 faces legal action threat over inaccessible information

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: No 10 faces legal action threat over inaccessible information
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A disabled campaigner has warned the UK government that its failure to provide vital public health information about the pandemic crisis in an accessible format is risking the lives of blind and partially-sighted people. Rachael Andrews, who uses screen-reading software, has […]

MPs hear of DWP’s ‘unacceptable’ failure to provide accessible papers to shadow minister

By John Pring on 8th November 2018 Category: Politics

MPs hear of DWP’s ‘unacceptable’ failure to provide accessible papers to shadow minister
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Work and pensions ministers have received a humiliating dressing-down from the Commons speaker after their “unacceptable” failure to provide an accessible version of vital new universal credit papers to a disabled shadow minister. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had […]

Fresh evidence that DWP bars email communication from disabled claimants

By John Pring on 19th January 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Fresh evidence that DWP bars email communication from disabled claimants
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Fresh evidence has emerged that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to allow benefit claimants to communicate via email, despite its claims that it allows disabled people with “valid reasons” to do so. Last week, one disabled PIP […]

PIP applicant takes legal action over DWP’s inaccessible claim process

By John Pring on 18th December 2015 Category: Independent Living

PIP applicant takes legal action over DWP’s inaccessible claim process
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A disabled campaigner who has been refused permission to apply for a vital disability benefit in a way that is accessible to him has begun legal proceedings against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Graham Kirwan has been told that […]

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