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Equality Act 2010 and disability committee

Lib Dem conference: Party ‘needs to rebuild trust with disabled voters’

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Party ‘needs to rebuild trust with disabled voters’
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The president of the Liberal Democrats has admitted that her party needs to rebuild trust among disabled people, after five years of coalition government ended with a shattering defeat at last year’s general election. Baroness [Sal] Brinton, herself a wheelchair-user, said […]

Minister ‘misled peers’ over EHRC’s request to run equality helpline

By John Pring on 15th September 2016 Category: Human Rights

Minister ‘misled peers’ over EHRC’s request to run equality helpline
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A minister is facing accusations that she misled the House of Lords over the government’s “devastating” decision to allow a security firm with “an appalling history of abuse and mismanagement” to run the national equality advice helpline. The Equality Advisory and […]

Government must rip up response to Equality Act report, say disabled peers

By John Pring on 8th September 2016 Category: Politics

Government must rip up response to Equality Act report, say disabled peers
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Disabled peers have demanded that the government rips up its “frustrating”, “clichéd” and “tepid” response to a major House of Lords report on the Equality Act’s impact on disabled people. The Equality Act 2010 and disability committee reported in March on […]

EHRC earns cautious approval for response to Equality Act report

By John Pring on 21st July 2016 Category: Human Rights

EHRC earns cautious approval for response to Equality Act report
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The equality watchdog has earned cautious approval for its response to recommendations made by a House of Lords committee that examined the impact of the Equality Act on disabled people. The committee concluded earlier this year that the government was failing […]

Wheelchair taxi rules will finally come into force… after 20 years

By John Pring on 12th May 2016 Category: Transport

Wheelchair taxi rules will finally come into force… after 20 years
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A report by peers on the impact of equality legislation on disabled people appears to have secured its first success after the government agreed to bring into force taxi regulations – 20 years after they were first included in legislation. The […]

Government is failing disabled people on discrimination, say peers

By John Pring on 24th March 2016 Category: Politics

Government is failing disabled people on discrimination, say peers
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The government is failing to protect disabled people from discrimination, according to the conclusions of a nine-month investigation by a House of Lords committee. The Equality Act 2010 and disability committee has concluded that laws designed to address disability discrimination were […]

Tomlinson fails six times to reveal identity of ‘minister for ILF’

By John Pring on 18th December 2015 Category: Independent Living

Tomlinson fails six times to reveal identity of ‘minister for ILF’
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The minister for disabled people has failed six times to explain which minister and government department campaigners should approach to lobby about the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Justin Tomlinson was asked by the disabled peer Baroness [Jane] Campbell […]

‘Fewer carrots and more sticks for employers, please, minister’

By John Pring on 18th December 2015 Category: Employment

‘Fewer carrots and more sticks for employers, please, minister’
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A disabled peer has called on the government to hand out fewer “carrots” to employers and do more to enforce existing equality law as it attempts to secure more jobs for disabled people. The plea came after Justin Tomlinson, the minister […]

Minister hints at further block to taxi access law, 20 years after MPs approved it

By John Pring on 18th December 2015 Category: Transport

Minister hints at further block to taxi access law, 20 years after MPs approved it
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A government minister has told peers that it is “not necessary” for all taxis to be accessible to wheelchair-users. Transport minister Andrew Jones said that such a policy would mean having to replace thousands of taxis across the country. But members […]

Campaigning couples tell peers of barriers to justice

By John Pring on 11th December 2015 Category: Human Rights

Campaigning couples tell peers of barriers to justice
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Two couples who have taken disability discrimination cases through the legal system have told a committee of peers about the barriers they have faced in trying to secure justice. Michèle and Andrew Brenton, and Jeanine and David Blamires, had been asked […]

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