Discrimination

Employment

Declan McSweeney holding a notebook and pen, talking to Brian Cowen

July 5, 2018 0

Call for media action after news agency’s shorthand ‘discrimination’

A disabled journalist is calling for action to address widespread discrimination in the media industry after a news agency told him he had not been interviewed for a job because he did not have a qualification in shorthand. Declan McSweeney has tried several times to apply for posts with Mercury Press in Liverpool –

Arts, Culture and Sport

Natasha Hirst and Phoebe Kemp in front of a hall full of delegates

May 31, 2018 0

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Project Diamond’s flaws lead to boycott

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Three unions are boycotting a scheme that aims to monitor the number of disabled people and other minorities working in the broadcasting industry, because of its failure to release a detailed breakdown showing figures for individual programmes. Delegates at the TUC disabled workers’ conference in Bournemouth heard that the flaws in Project Diamond meant

Politics

Jon Fletcher with Labour politician Andy Burnham

May 24, 2018 0

Survey of disabled members finds ‘unacceptable’ discrimination within Labour party

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A new survey of disabled Labour members has revealed “very disturbing” levels of disability discrimination throughout the party. The survey has been released by disabled party activists who have become frustrated at the party’s continuing refusal to take seriously their concerns about widespread discrimination both among local constituency parties and the national Labour party.

Arts, Culture and Sport

Some of the wheelchair spaces at Watford

May 24, 2018 0

Relegated Premier League clubs ‘should use part of “parachute” millions on access’

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Some of the country’s top football clubs have been told by the equality watchdog to spend some of the millions of pounds they receive when promoted and relegated from the Premier League to improve access for disabled fans. The call to spend part of the “balloon” and “parachute” payments on disability access came in

Transport

May 10, 2018 0

A year on from new taxi discrimination laws… and not a single prosecution

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Local authorities have failed to prosecute a single taxi-driver for discriminating against wheelchair-users under new legislation introduced more than a year ago, according to new figures released under the Freedom of Information Act. The figures show that not one taxi-driver out of more than 30,000 so far covered by the new legislation has appeared

Human Rights

April 12, 2018 0

Government takes small step over risk of NHS care home discrimination

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The government has taken a small step towards addressing the discrimination faced by service-users with complex healthcare needs who risk being forced into institutions. Last month, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) wrote to 13 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) as the first step in a potential judicial review of their policies on long-term

Transport

Rachael Monk, laughing, head and shoulders

March 15, 2018 0

British Airways PA ticket policy ‘discriminates’ against disabled woman

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A disabled woman is having to pay hundreds of pounds extra to fly to Canada to visit a friend because British Airways (BA) has refused to make a simple alteration to a ticket she bought for one of her two personal assistants (PAs). Rachael Monk, from Dumfries and Galloway, has accused BA of disability

Politics

A huge poster for the Labour conference outside the conference centre

March 1, 2018 0

Handbook offers Labour new DEAL on addressing widespread discrimination in the party

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Disabled party activists are hoping a new handbook will force Labour to confront its failure to comply with its legal duties to prevent disability discrimination. Members of the Disability Equality ACT Labour (DEAL) campaign, all Labour members, say the party has repeatedly failed to comply with its duties under the Equality Act. To address

Human Rights

A Ministry of Justice sign on a grey wall

February 15, 2018 0

Legal advice concerns after government abandons search for new contractors

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Lawyers and campaigners have raised fresh concerns about the government’s approach to providing legal advice to people who need help with discrimination and special educational needs (SEN) cases, after ministers abandoned efforts to award new contracts in those areas. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) had been seeking organisations to take on contracts to provide

Politics

Emily Brothers speaking at the Cambridge Union

February 1, 2018 0

Labour must act on ‘shameful’ lack of disabled people on NEC, says party activist

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A leading Labour activist has called for action to address disability discrimination within the party and the “shameful” lack of disabled people on its ruling national body. Emily Brothers has told Disability News Service (DNS) that she will be seeking one of nine seats available on Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) for candidates representing

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