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EU laws ‘have played crucial role’ in fight for disability rights

By John Pring on 9th June 2016 Category: Politics

EU laws ‘have played crucial role’ in fight for disability rights
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Disabled people have been urged to recognise the importance of the European Union (EU) in maintaining and building on their rights, across areas such as access to information, transport and accessible goods and services. The call for disabled people to vote […]

Activists protest outside premiere of ‘disability snuff movie’

By John Pring on 26th May 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Activists protest outside premiere of ‘disability snuff movie’
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Appalled activists protested outside a London premiere last night after describing the film as a “disability snuff movie” that suggests disabled people are better off dead. The protest outside the Curzon Mayfair cinema in London’s West End was coordinated by the […]

Wheelchair taxi rules will finally come into force… after 20 years

By John Pring on 12th May 2016 Category: Transport

Wheelchair taxi rules will finally come into force… after 20 years
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A report by peers on the impact of equality legislation on disabled people appears to have secured its first success after the government agreed to bring into force taxi regulations – 20 years after they were first included in legislation. The […]

NDACA celebrates milestone in journey to tell story of disability arts

By John Pring on 21st April 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

NDACA celebrates milestone in journey to tell story of disability arts
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Some of the country’s best-known disabled artists have come together in the House of Lords to celebrate a project that will tell the story of the disability arts movement. The reception marked the first year of the three-year, £1 million project […]

Government is failing disabled people on discrimination, say peers

By John Pring on 24th March 2016 Category: Politics

Government is failing disabled people on discrimination, say peers
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The government is failing to protect disabled people from discrimination, according to the conclusions of a nine-month investigation by a House of Lords committee. The Equality Act 2010 and disability committee has concluded that laws designed to address disability discrimination were […]

Government bribed its way to victory on WRAG cut, says disabled peer

By John Pring on 10th March 2016 Category: Politics

Government bribed its way to victory on WRAG cut, says disabled peer
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A disabled peer has launched a furious attack on MPs, after he was forced to admit defeat in the battle to prevent the government cutting out-of-work disability benefits for tens of thousands of claimants by £1, 500 a year. The decision, […]

Discrimination against disabled staff shoots up at DWP, the home of ‘Disability Confident’

By John Pring on 4th February 2016 Category: Employment

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The number of disabled civil servants who have faced discrimination within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has risen by nearly a quarter in just a year, according to “shocking” and “very worrying” new figures. More than 1, 400 disabled […]

Disabled peers inflict heavy defeat as government loses its WRAG cuts

By John Pring on 28th January 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled peers inflict heavy defeat as government loses its WRAG cuts
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The government has suffered a crushing defeat in the House of Lords over its plans to cut future support for hundreds of thousands of disabled people found “not fit for work”, thanks to an amendment proposed by a disabled peer. Lord […]

DWP refuses to back down over annual disability employment report

By John Pring on 28th January 2016 Category: Employment

DWP refuses to back down over annual disability employment report
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A disabled peer has failed to persuade the government to publish an annual report on progress towards its target of halving the disability employment gap. Baroness [Jane] Campbell had proposed an amendment to the government’s welfare reform and work bill during […]

Tributes paid to campaigner’s ‘steely determination, selflessness and dignity’

By John Pring on 21st January 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tributes paid to campaigner’s ‘steely determination, selflessness and dignity’
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Friends and fellow activists have paid tribute to the anti-euthanasia and disability rights campaigner Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick, whose life and death “epitomised the true meaning of dignity”. Fitzpatrick – who died on 15 January, leaving a wife, Fabienne, and three adopted […]

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