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‘Single theme’ decision of government’s Action Alliance ‘feels like a cop-out’

By John Pring on 7th July 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘Single theme’ decision of government’s Action Alliance ‘feels like a cop-out’
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A disabled-led network set up by the minister for disabled people in 2012 to offer the government advice on the implementation of its disability policies has cut the areas it focuses on to just one “strategic theme”. Esther McVey, then the […]

Ministers withdraw support from their own disability network

By John Pring on 18th February 2016 Category: Politics

Ministers withdraw support from their own disability network
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Ministers have withdrawn much of their support for a disability network they set up just three years ago, casting fresh doubts on the government’s disability strategy and the future of the Office for Disability Issues (ODI). ODI announced this week that […]

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