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Watchdog gives Treasury go-ahead to keep budget equality impact secret

By John Pring on 30th March 2023 Category: Politics

Watchdog gives Treasury go-ahead to keep budget equality impact secret
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The information commissioner has told the Treasury it can continue to hide information that would show how measures in a controversial spring budget were predicted to affect disabled people and other groups protected by the Equality Act. Disability News Service (DNS) […]

System for challenging councils’ care decisions ‘is confusing, slow and stressful’, says EHRC

By John Pring on 2nd March 2023 Category: Independent Living

System for challenging councils’ care decisions ‘is confusing, slow and stressful’, says EHRC
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The process of challenging the adult social care decisions made by local authorities is confusing, slow and stressful and is failing the disabled people who rely on it, an inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has found. The […]

Watchdog takes Equality Act steps against government over rail access

By John Pring on 9th February 2023 Category: Transport

Watchdog takes Equality Act steps against government over rail access
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The equality watchdog has taken action under the Equality Act against both the Department for Transport (DfT) and the rail regulator over concerns that cuts and reforms to train services are making the network ever more inaccessible. So far, the Equality […]

Inquiry on accessible transport ‘is a victory for disabled activists’

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Transport

Inquiry on accessible transport ‘is a victory for disabled activists’
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Campaigners have welcomed the decision of a committee of MPs to launch an inquiry to investigate the effectiveness of laws that are supposed to ensure an accessible transport system. The inquiry by the transport select committee – which is believed to […]

DWP’s failure to sign discrimination agreement ‘is totally unacceptable’

By John Pring on 12th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s failure to sign discrimination agreement ‘is totally unacceptable’
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The most senior civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been told that the continuing failure to sign a legal agreement that would force his department to improve its treatment of disabled claimants is “totally unacceptable”. It […]

Further DWP delays on benefit deaths legal agreement ‘would be kick in the teeth’

By John Pring on 1st December 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Further DWP delays on benefit deaths legal agreement ‘would be kick in the teeth’
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The new work and pensions secretary has been told it will be an “absolute kick in the teeth” for disabled people if he continues delaying a legal agreement that would force his department to improve its treatment of disabled claimants. The […]

Six train companies guilty of widespread discrimination, say campaigners

By John Pring on 24th November 2022 Category: Transport

Six train companies guilty of widespread discrimination, say campaigners
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Six train companies are discriminating against disabled passengers at nearly 300 rail stations across the south-east of England, according to new research. The research shows that c2c (which runs between London and Southend), Chiltern Railways, Greater Anglia, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), […]

Concern after DWP admits it has not signed benefit deaths legal agreement

By John Pring on 10th November 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Concern after DWP admits it has not signed benefit deaths legal agreement
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The equality watchdog has been told to take “urgent” action over its failure to persuade the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to sign a legally-binding agreement that would force it to improve its treatment of disabled benefit claimants. The Equality […]

Government accessible transport adviser quits over rail staffing ‘discrimination’

By John Pring on 6th October 2022 Category: Transport

Government accessible transport adviser quits over rail staffing ‘discrimination’
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A leading expert on accessible transport has quit his role as a government adviser after accusing ministers of backing policies on de-staffing the rail network that discriminate against disabled rail passengers, and ignoring his committee’s advice. Matthew Smith, a key member […]

Rail ticket office closures mean ‘one last chance to stop mass discrimination’

By John Pring on 22nd September 2022 Category: Transport

Rail ticket office closures mean ‘one last chance to stop mass discrimination’
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Disabled campaigners have raised fresh fears for the future of accessible rail travel, after reports that the government plans to close most train station ticket offices as part of a continuing programme of cuts. A national newspaper reported on Sunday that […]

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