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Government faces legal action over election access fund

By John Pring on 12th April 2018 Category: Politics

Government faces legal action over election access fund
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Three disabled politicians have begun legal action against the government over its failure to reopen a fund that supported Deaf and disabled people with the extra costs of standing for election as MPs. Labour’s Emily Brothers, Liberal Democrat David Buxton and […]

Access to Work cap announcement ‘does not go far enough’

By John Pring on 22nd March 2018 Category: Employment

Access to Work cap announcement ‘does not go far enough’
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The government’s decision to loosen its restrictions on Access to Work (AtW) payments does not go far enough, and its “discriminatory” cap must be scrapped completely, according to disabled campaigners. They spoke out after a partial U-turn on the AtW cap […]

Deaf chief executive wins right to challenge Access to Work cap in court

By John Pring on 15th February 2018 Category: Employment

Deaf chief executive wins right to challenge Access to Work cap in court
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A Deaf chief executive has won the right to question the government’s “discriminatory” cap on Access to Work (AtW) payments in the high court, in the latest legal challenge to the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) disability policy agenda. David […]

Deaf leader launches legal case over ‘discriminatory’ Access to Work cap

By John Pring on 7th December 2017 Category: Employment

Deaf leader launches legal case over ‘discriminatory’ Access to Work cap
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A Deaf chief executive has launched a legal case against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over its “discriminatory” cap on the amount of support available to help disabled people with disability-related expenses at work. David Buxton, chief executive of […]

Lib Dem conference: Party votes to bring UN disability convention into UK law

By John Pring on 21st September 2017 Category: Human Rights

Lib Dem conference: Party votes to bring UN disability convention into UK law
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The Liberal Democrats have voted to incorporate the UN disability convention into UK law. Party members overwhelmingly passed an emergency motion that noted how the UK government was accused last month by a UN committee of causing a “human catastrophe” by […]

Lib Dems set to choose Westminster candidate from an all-disabled shortlist

By John Pring on 17th March 2016 Category: Politics

Lib Dems set to choose Westminster candidate from an all-disabled shortlist
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The Liberal Democrats are set to become the first political party to choose a candidate to fight a parliamentary seat from a shortlist containing only disabled people. The party voted overwhelmingly at its spring conference in favour of measures to improve […]

‘Heartless’ decision to stop election access funding ‘is breach of UN convention’

By John Pring on 27th November 2015 Category: Politics

‘Heartless’ decision to stop election access funding ‘is breach of UN convention’
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The government is making it harder for disabled politicians to stand for elected office by failing to renew a fund that paid for their disability-related campaign expenses, according to a candidate in next month’s parliamentary by-election. Simeon Hart  (pictured), who is […]

Equality Act ‘simply isn’t strong enough’ for BSL-users, peers are told

By John Pring on 30th October 2015 Category: Independent Living

Equality Act ‘simply isn’t strong enough’ for BSL-users, peers are told
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Two leading Deaf campaigners have told peers – in a ground-breaking evidence session – that the UK’s equality laws do not provide enough protection for users of British Sign Language (BSL). They want the government to do more to protect BSL-users […]

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