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Silence of Labour’s deputy leader, 17 months after pledge to address party discrimination

By John Pring on 19th August 2021 Category: Politics

Silence of Labour’s deputy leader, 17 months after pledge to address party discrimination
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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 […]

Disabled politicians face ‘multitude’ of barriers, says government report

By John Pring on 5th August 2021 Category: Politics

Disabled politicians face ‘multitude’ of barriers, says government report
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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 […]

‘Increasing dismay’ of deaf film-makers over control of BSL broadcasting trust

By John Pring on 8th July 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

‘Increasing dismay’ of deaf film-makers over control of BSL broadcasting trust
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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 […]

Government finally faces court hearing over failure to provide BSL interpreters

By John Pring on 17th June 2021 Category: Human Rights

Government finally faces court hearing over failure to provide BSL interpreters
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The government has been forced into court to defend its failure to provide on-platform British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters for “urgent” and “critical” COVID-19 televised briefings. The judicial review hearing* yesterday (Wednesday) was the latest stage in the #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign, which […]

New BSL co-operative ‘could transform the future of interpreting’

By John Pring on 13th May 2021 Category: Independent Living

New BSL co-operative ‘could transform the future of interpreting’
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A partnership between Deaf people and British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters could be set to transform the future of interpreting across the UK. Leading Deaf figures are supporting a new co-operative that is developing an online platform that they hope will […]

Prime minister ignored accessibility of media briefing room, No 10 admits

By John Pring on 23rd April 2021 Category: Politics

Prime minister ignored accessibility of media briefing room, No 10 admits
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The prime minister’s office has admitted that it made no attempt to ensure that a new £2.6 million Downing Street media briefing room would be accessible to disabled people. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last month that the platform in the […]

Legal threat to PM over lack of BSL interpreter in £2.6 million briefing room

By John Pring on 1st April 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Legal threat to PM over lack of BSL interpreter in £2.6 million briefing room
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The government is facing the threat of fresh legal action after it failed to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at a televised pandemic briefing by the prime minister, despite spending £2.6 million on a new media room. Deaf campaigners […]

Law change will allow Deaf jurors… after two decades of campaigning

By John Pring on 11th March 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Law change will allow Deaf jurors… after two decades of campaigning
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A leading Deaf campaigner has welcomed the government’s “long, long overdue” announcement that it will finally change the law to allow Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL) to serve on juries. David Buxton (pictured) has spent a decade campaigning […]

MPs call for inquiry into government’s role in COVID deaths of disabled people

By John Pring on 23rd December 2020 Category: Human Rights

MPs call for inquiry into government’s role in COVID deaths of disabled people
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MPs have called for an independent inquiry into why so many disabled people have died from coronavirus, and the role the UK government and other public bodies have played in causing those deaths. Members of the Commons women and equalities committee […]

‘Vast majority’ of important government COVID information ‘is inaccessible to BSL-users’

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

‘Vast majority’ of important government COVID information ‘is inaccessible to BSL-users’
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The “vast majority” of important COVID-19-related information provided by the UK government is not accessible to users of British Sign Language (BSL), a new investigation has found. A report on the investigation will be submitted by lawyers for BSL-user Katie Rowley […]

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