A disabled people’s organisation (DPOs) has delivered a stark warning about the continuing seriousness of the Covid pandemic, and its impact on disabled people and DPOs. Buckinghamshire Disability Service (BuDS) has been working to inform disabled people in Buckinghamshire and wider […]
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Government finally faces court hearing over failure to provide BSL interpreters
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 […]