Police criticised after failing to treat park bench flour attack as hate crime
A police force has been criticised for failing to treat an attack on a disabled…
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Police and CPS face questions on failure to treat ‘utterly barbaric’ offences as hate crime
The police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are facing questions over why an “utterly barbaric”…
Sharp fall in disability hate crime referrals by police
The Home Office has been unable to explain why the number of disability hate crime…
Police work on disability hate crime is ‘unacceptable’, say watchdogs
The work of police officers on more than half of their disability hate crime investigations…
Labour conference: Right-wing journalist faces ban call after ‘safe space’ video
Disabled party members are calling on Labour to ban a prominent right-wing journalist from future…
MPs win praise for online abuse proposals
MPs have won praise after calling on the government to ensure disabled people finally secure…
Disabled people need ‘equal and fair’ hate crime laws, MPs are told
Disabled people will only be protected from online abuse when they have “equal and fair”…
MPs launch inquiry into online abuse of disabled people, following Katie Price petition
Disability hate crime campaigners are to give evidence to MPs next month as part of…
Major law reform would help close ‘huge justice gap’ on disability hate crime
Academics have called for a new hate crime act and other key legal reforms to…
Head of judiciary said Brexit delays will rule out vital hate crime law change
The head of the judiciary has blamed the parliamentary logjam caused by Brexit for preventing…