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More than half of government departments have ignored new legislation that was supposed to boost the use of British Sign Language (BSL) in their communications, a new report has revealed. The report shows how often each department offered a British Sign […]
After more than two decades of campaigning, some of the first Deaf people have been able to complete jury service in England and Wales with support from British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters, following a change in the law. The new laws […]
A controversial bill that will recognise British Sign Language (BSL) as a language in England, Scotland and Wales is set to become law after being passed by both Houses of Parliament. BSL-users have been warned that the private members’ bill will […]
Deaf people have been warned that a new British Sign Language (BSL) bill – backed by the government – will not provide them with any new rights. An online event held this week to discuss the controversial private members’ bill raised […]
A leading Deaf campaigner has appealed to fellow users of British Sign Language (BSL) to reject a “tokenistic” new bill that claims to offer them new rights. Jeff McWhinney has called on BSL-users to examine the content of the British Sign […]
Deaf people will show their support outside parliament tomorrow (Friday) for legislation that would secure legal status for British Sign Language (BSL), after a wait of nearly 20 years. The rally is taking place on the day that Labour MP Rosie […]
The UK government has admitted widespread and serious access failings at this month’s COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. As well as accepting that there have been problems with the accessible entrance to the conference, the UK government – which is […]
Labour’s deputy leader has failed to explain what has happened to the promise she made 17 months ago that she would address the discrimination faced by disabled people in her party. Angela Rayner pledged to tackle the many barriers disabled party […]
Political parties and institutions such as local councils have repeatedly broken equality laws by failing to make reasonable adjustments for disabled politicians, according to research commissioned by the government. The report says that disabled people in England and Wales face a […]
A group of deaf film-makers say they are “increasingly dismayed” by a charity’s failure to ensure it is run by users of British Sign Language (BSL), even though it spends about £2 million every year commissioning television programmes in BSL. They […]