A leading disabled peer has been forced to stress that she does not support a government-run disability employment campaign, after civil servants mistakenly tweeted comments that suggested she had endorsed the much-criticised programme. Baroness [Jane] Campbell (pictured) had provided quotes and […]
Baroness Campbell
Councils taking ‘short-term decisions’ to scrap access officers, peers are told
Equality Act has ‘let down’ disabled people on public transport
Parliament’s own disability group picks first non-disabled chair in nearly 50 years
DRILL ‘could help fight back against impact of austerity on independent living’
Equality watchdog trio face tough questions from peers over Equality Act
Shadow disability minister admits backing assisted suicide bill
Disabled peers quiz civil servants on Equality Act enforcement ‘failure’
Peers to probe how Equality Act has helped disabled people
No promises from minister on benefit cuts for disabled people
A minister has refused to promise that the government will protect disabled people from further benefit cuts in next month’s budget. Lord Freud, the welfare reform minister David Cameron, had promised during the election campaign that he wanted to “enhance” and […]