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Prime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs

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

Prime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs
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Disabled campaigners have made a last-minute appeal to the government to abandon its plans to relax rules on socialising over Christmas, as fears grow that this will cause a sharp rise in coronavirus infections and many thousands of deaths. Disabled people’s […]

Trio of disabled peers pledge to fight off no-deal Brexit ‘time bomb’

By John Pring on 5th September 2019 Category: Politics

Trio of disabled peers pledge to fight off no-deal Brexit ‘time bomb’
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Three disabled peers have pledged to do all they can to avert the significant impact on disabled people of a no-deal Brexit, with one warning of a “time bomb” that is now likely to “detonate”. They spoke out this week as […]

Disabled peer calls for radical changes to ensure ‘wraparound’ support

By John Pring on 16th May 2019 Category: Independent Living

Disabled peer calls for radical changes to ensure ‘wraparound’ support
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A disabled crossbench peer has called on the government to introduce a “comprehensive” scheme that would provide the kind of “wraparound” support that would allow disabled people to live an independent life. Baroness [Jane] Campbell called for a radical and comprehensive […]

Ministers quietly drop plans for ‘parallel process’ on working-age social care

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Independent Living

Ministers quietly drop plans for ‘parallel process’ on working-age social care
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Ministers have quietly decided to include the support needs of working-age disabled people in their new social care green paper, scrapping the idea of having a separate “parallel programme of work” as they try to address the social care funding crisis. […]

Equality watchdog’s attempt to ‘mainstream’ disability ‘is failing disabled people’

By John Pring on 17th May 2018 Category: Politics

Equality watchdog’s attempt to ‘mainstream’ disability ‘is failing disabled people’
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The equality watchdog is failing disabled people by attempting to “mainstream” disability and treat it the same way as the other eight characteristics protected by the Equality Act, peers have warned. The House of Lords was debating the Equality and Human […]

Government fails to back bill that could open up access to 800,000 wheelchair-users

By John Pring on 30th November 2017 Category: Independent Living

Government fails to back bill that could open up access to 800,000 wheelchair-users
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A disabled Tory peer has attacked the government for failing to support new laws that would provide access for 800,000 fellow wheelchair-users to 60,000 shops, pubs and cafés across England, Scotland and Wales. Lord Blencathra – former Home Office minister David […]

Peer pressure sees minister finally announce date for taxi access laws

By John Pring on 9th February 2017 Category: Transport

Peer pressure sees minister finally announce date for taxi access laws
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The government has finally announced the date when it will bring into force regulations that will ban taxi drivers from discriminating against wheelchair-users, more than 20 years after they were first included in legislation. From 6 April, taxi and private hire […]

‘Hard Brexit’ could see disabled people lose right to independent living, say peers

By John Pring on 9th February 2017 Category: Independent Living

‘Hard Brexit’ could see disabled people lose right to independent living, say peers
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The process of exiting the European Union (EU) could worsen the social care crisis if the UK government does not protect access to personal assistants (PAs) from EU countries, disabled peers have warned. They told a work and pensions minister that […]

Lib Dem conference: Bid to scrap WCA approved, despite calls for more radical reform

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Lib Dem conference: Bid to scrap WCA approved, despite calls for more radical reform
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Liberal Democrats have voted for a new social security policy that will scrap the “fitness for work” test and all benefit sanctions, despite many disabled party members calling for a more radical approach to welfare reform. The vote at the party’s […]

Government must rip up response to Equality Act report, say disabled peers

By John Pring on 8th September 2016 Category: Politics

Government must rip up response to Equality Act report, say disabled peers
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Disabled peers have demanded that the government rips up its “frustrating”, “clichéd” and “tepid” response to a major House of Lords report on the Equality Act’s impact on disabled people. The Equality Act 2010 and disability committee reported in March on […]

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