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The Cabinet Office has admitted that it does not ask its own disability ambassadors if they self-identify as disabled people, sparking serious concerns about the government’s commitment to equality. The government now has 20 disability and access ambassadors across areas such […]
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 […]
The minister for disabled people appears to have appointed a string of non-disabled people to be his new disability ambassadors, just as his government’s National Disability Strategy was claiming it would remove barriers to disabled people’s participation in public life. Justin […]
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 […]
Government policy on supporting disabled candidates to stand for elected office is in chaos after the Cabinet Office suggested it could offer funding to those standing to be police and crime commissioners (PCC), but not potential local councillors. One Deaf Labour […]
The government has been accused of discriminating against disabled people standing at next month’s general election – and breaching the UN disability convention – by refusing to fund any of their disability-related campaign spending. The refusal of the Government Equalities Office […]
The government has finally launched a new temporary fund that will support disabled candidates who want to stand for elected office, but only for the next 15 months. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) said the EnAble “interim” fund would provide £250,000 […]
Two leading disabled Liberal Democrats have criticised anti-cuts activists over their public call for disabled people not to vote for their party. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) published a high-profile message on social media this week during the party’s annual conference […]
A Deaf campaigner has launched a legal action aimed at stopping the government discriminating against users of British Sign Language by preventing them from serving on juries. David Buxton, chief executive of the London-based disabled people’s organisation Action on Disability, is […]
A Deaf chief executive is having to appeal to charity to fund the support he needs to do his job, after the high court decided that a cap the government imposed on Access to Work (AtW) payments did not breach the […]