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The government has laid out its next steps – and published new research – on addressing the pay discrimination faced by disabled workers and other oppressed groups. It is now two years since the new Labour government used its first king’s […]
The government has tried to claim credit for a scheme that will significantly increase the number of interpreters trained to support Deafblind people, despite providing just £15,000 in new funding. In one of the Labour government’s few non-employment-related announcements aimed at […]
The government has secretly imposed a “stealth” real-terms cut to the maximum amount disabled people can receive through the Access to Work disability employment scheme. The cut is most likely to impact disabled people with high communication support needs, particularly Deaf […]
New research commissioned by a Deaf-led charity has found that nearly all users of British Sign Language (BSL) would rather watch television programmes created in BSL rather than those featuring an interpreter in the corner of the screen. The research found […]
Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL) face “entrenched” and “systemic” exclusion from health and social care services across Britain, according to a new report by government advisers. The report* found that Deaf and Deafblind people’s lack of access to […]
The Conservative government failed to ensure that vital information was provided to Deaf and disabled people in an accessible format in the early stages of the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has concluded. The second report of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, which […]
The minister for social security and disability has struggled to point to any significant achievements on disability equality after more than a year in post, but he insisted that the government does not need a separate minister for disabled people. The […]
A tribunal has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to pay nearly £50,000 in damages to a Deaf man after repeatedly failing to provide him with the interpreters he needed for job-related interviews. Paul Rimmer said he believed his […]
A new government bill should lead to streaming services having to meet strict quotas on providing programmes with audio description, subtitles and audio description for the first time, but disabled journalists say the legislation should do more to tackle inequality. MPs […]
A Deaf student could be forced to leave the country and return to the United States after a university refused to provide them with the sign language interpreters they need for their course. The University of Brighton has told postgraduate student […]