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A cross-party group of MPs have called on the government to reopen a fund that provided financial support for disabled people who want to stand for election to parliament or local councils. The Access to Elected Office fund – which offered […]
A disabled peer secured investigations into a series of key disability-related issues when she took over as editor of BBC Radio’s flagship news programme on New Year’s Day. Baroness [Jane] Campbell (pictured) was one of six guests who took editorial control […]
Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith dismissed an offer from the equality watchdog to help MPs and peers understand the true impact on disabled people and other groups of his new welfare bill. Letters between the Equality and Human Rights […]
The equality watchdog should do far more to support disabled people who want to enforce their rights under disability discrimination laws, a committee of peers has heard. Two wheelchair-users who have used the Equality Act to take legal action against service-providers […]
The equality watchdog has called on the government to do more to boost the number of disabled people involved in politics. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) made the call in its submission to a UN inquiry into the rights […]
The equality watchdog has been forced by a committee of peers to defend its performance on ensuring that disabled people are protected by the Equality Act. Three senior figures from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) were giving evidence to […]
The chancellor, George Osborne, has refused to make any attempt to assess the overall impact on disabled people of his budget – and his next spending review – despite being urged to do so by the equality watchdog. His refusal was […]
A disabled campaigner who is battling to protect the rights of wheelchair-users to travel on buses has won permission for his appeal to be heard by the Supreme Court. Doug Paulley (pictured) has been told by the court that it will hear […]
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is to write to Manchester United and football’s Premier League after Disability News Service (DNS) passed on concerns that disabled fans had had their mobility aids confiscated by stewards. Staff at Manchester United’s Old […]
The criminal justice system has failed yet again to take the action needed to address its failings in dealing with disability hate crime, according to a new report. Two years ago, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and […]