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Coronavirus: ‘Supermarket discrimination risks lives and causes pain and distress’

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: ‘Supermarket discrimination risks lives and causes pain and distress’
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Disabled people have described the pain and distress they have endured in attempting to buy food during the COVID-19 crisis, with many forced to put up with clear discrimination from their local supermarket. The accounts collected by Disability News Service (DNS) […]

Coronavirus: Supermarkets face ‘biggest class action of its kind’ over discrimination claims

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Supermarkets face ‘biggest class action of its kind’ over discrimination claims
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More than 200 disabled people have signed up for a class action against UK supermarkets over allegations that they have discriminated against them during the coronavirus crisis, in what is believed to be the biggest legal case of its kind. So […]

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