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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 […]

Second year of huge rises in disability hate crime, but causes still unclear

By John Pring on 19th October 2017 Category: Crime

Second year of huge rises in disability hate crime, but causes still unclear
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The number of disability hate crimes recorded by the police rose by more than 50 per cent last year, according to new figures released by the Home Office. The rise in recorded disability hate crimes (53 per cent) was larger than […]

Ten years on, campaigners ask again: ‘If these are not hate crimes, what are?’

By John Pring on 20th July 2017 Category: Crime

Ten years on, campaigners ask again: ‘If these are not hate crimes, what are?’
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Six new cases in which disabled people have been the victims of brutal and degrading assaults have cast fresh doubt on the criminal justice system’s ability to recognise, punish and prevent disability hate crime. It is 10 years this month since […]

Lee Irving murder sentences increased, but still no hate crime recognition

By John Pring on 9th March 2017 Category: Crime

Lee Irving murder sentences increased, but still no hate crime recognition
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Two people involved in the brutal murder of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death have had their sentences increased by the court of appeal. Julie Mills and Nicole Lawrence were originally sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court last […]

Police force criticised after refusing to treat ‘lynch mob’ murder as hate crime

By John Pring on 23rd February 2017 Category: Crime

Police force criticised after refusing to treat ‘lynch mob’ murder as hate crime
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A chief constable has insisted that his police force was right not to treat the brutal murder of a man with learning difficulties who was hung from a tree and beaten to death by two “friends” as a disability hate crime. […]

Solicitor general appeals sentences on ‘disability hate crime’ murder

By John Pring on 19th January 2017 Category: Crime

Solicitor general appeals sentences on ‘disability hate crime’ murder
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The solicitor general has agreed to appeal the allegedly “unduly lenient” sentences handed down to three people jailed for offences connected with the murder of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death. But the solicitor general, the Tory […]

Aunt of disabled man tortured to death seeks hate crime sentence appeal

By John Pring on 15th December 2016 Category: Crime

Aunt of disabled man tortured to death seeks hate crime sentence appeal
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The aunt of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death is asking the attorney general to appeal against the judge’s failure to treat his murder as a disability hate crime. James Wheatley, 29, from Kenton Bar, Newcastle, repeatedly […]

Outrage after council’s mobility scooter pavement ban suggestion

By John Pring on 1st December 2016 Category: Independent Living

Outrage after council’s mobility scooter pavement ban suggestion
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A council’s proposals to ban some mobility scooters from pavements as part of a crackdown on “anti social behaviour” are “outrageous, discriminatory and wrong” and likely to lead to a rise in disability hate crime, say disabled campaigners. The measure is […]

Huge rise in recorded hate crime, but full picture yet to emerge, say campaigners

By John Pring on 20th October 2016 Category: Crime

Huge rise in recorded hate crime, but full picture yet to emerge, say campaigners
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New Home Office figures show the number of disability hate crimes recorded by police increased by more than 40 per cent last year. The percentage increase in recorded disability hate crime by police forces across England and Wales was higher than […]

Disabled man forced to work as slave for 35 years… but still not a hate crime, says CPS

By John Pring on 14th July 2016 Category: Crime

Disabled man forced to work as slave for 35 years… but still not a hate crime, says CPS
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been criticised for failing to treat as a disability hate crime a case in which a disabled man was forced to work for a pittance and live in a shed for 35 years. Three people […]

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