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Silence from police chiefs over ‘very worrying’ hate crime failure

By John Pring on 22nd October 2020 Category: Crime

Silence from police chiefs over ‘very worrying’ hate crime failure
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Police chiefs have refused to explain why the number of cases of disability hate crime being passed to prosecutors has fallen for the fifth year in a row. It is the second year running that the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) […]

Disability hate crime prosecutions plummet, while Home Office stays silent

By John Pring on 15th October 2020 Category: Crime

Disability hate crime prosecutions plummet, while Home Office stays silent
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The number of cases of disability hate crime prosecuted in court has plunged by nearly 40 per cent in just one year, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) figures have revealed. The fall appears to be the result of a steep fall in […]

Fresh hope for long-awaited strengthening of disability hate crime laws

By John Pring on 24th September 2020 Category: Crime

Fresh hope for long-awaited strengthening of disability hate crime laws
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Disabled campaigners who have fought for years to challenge the disability hate crime failings of the criminal justice system have welcomed reforms suggested by the Law Commission, despite frustration at the slow pace of change. The reforms suggested in a new […]

Coronavirus: Fears over ‘face covering hate crime’ as new laws go live

By John Pring on 23rd July 2020 Category: Crime

Coronavirus: Fears over ‘face covering hate crime’ as new laws go live
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Disabled people have raised serious concerns about the rising tide of coronavirus-related disability hate crime, amid fears that this could increase even further when new laws on the wearing of face coverings go live tomorrow. From tomorrow (Friday), it will be […]

Book exposes ‘horrifying’ levels of abuse faced by disabled people on public transport

By John Pring on 2nd January 2020 Category: Crime

Book exposes ‘horrifying’ levels of abuse faced by disabled people on public transport
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A new book by a disabled researcher has detailed the “horrifying” levels of disability hate crime that take place every day on public transport across the UK. David Wilkin says the results of his research are “sometimes startling and almost always […]

Anger over appointment of ‘disability hate tweet’ MP as mental health minister

By John Pring on 1st August 2019 Category: Politics

Anger over appointment of ‘disability hate tweet’ MP as mental health minister
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A Tory MP appointed as the new minister for mental health in Boris Johnson’s government is unfit to hold that position because of a disablist message she posted on social media less than two years ago, say disabled campaigners. Nadine Dorries […]

Police and CPS face hate crime questions over disabled teen’s two-year ordeal

By John Pring on 20th June 2019 Category: Crime

Police and CPS face hate crime questions over disabled teen’s two-year ordeal
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Police and prosecutors are facing questions over why they failed to treat the ordeal of a disabled teenager – who was kept as a slave for more than two years and subjected to brutal daily beatings – as a disability hate […]

Police criticised after failing to treat park bench flour attack as hate crime

By John Pring on 8th November 2018 Category: Crime

Police criticised after failing to treat park bench flour attack as hate crime
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A police force has been criticised for failing to treat an attack on a disabled woman – who was spat at and left covered with flour by a group of teenagers as she sat on a park bench – as a […]

MPs launch inquiry into online abuse of disabled people, following Katie Price petition

By John Pring on 25th January 2018 Category: Crime

MPs launch inquiry into online abuse of disabled people, following Katie Price petition
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Disability hate crime campaigners are to give evidence to MPs next month as part of a new inquiry into the online abuse of disabled people. The Commons petitions committee has launched the investigation following a petition set up by former model […]

Outrage after chancellor blames disabled people for UK’s economic woes

By John Pring on 7th December 2017 Category: Employment

Outrage after chancellor blames disabled people for UK’s economic woes
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The chancellor of the exchequer is facing calls to apologise after he made “disgraceful” comments that blamed disabled people for the country’s poor economic performance. Philip Hammond’s comments to the Treasury select committee yesterday (Wednesday) came just days after his government […]

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