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New access fund helps nearly 20 disabled politicians win council seats

By John Pring on 16th May 2019 Category: Politics

A new fund to support disabled candidates who want to stand for elected office helped 19 disabled people win seats on local councils at this month’s elections. The EnAble Fund for Elected Office only went live in January, handing out 42 […]

Government set to slash equality watchdog’s budget… again

By John Pring on 28th April 2016 Category: Human Rights

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The government has told the equality watchdog that it plans to slash its budget again, even though the financial year has already started. The planned cuts only emerged after the Government Equalities Office (GEO) told Disability News Service (DNS) that it […]

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