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Prosecutions of disability hate crime plummeted again last year, with less than 300 cases taken forward by prosecutors, despite police forces in England and Wales recording more than 10,000 offences. It is now the seventh year in succession that Disability News […]
The government has been accused of “hiding behind false claims” and failing disabled people who are being targeted by disability hate, while dodging a meeting with a leading disabled people’s organisation. The Home Office’s commitment to tackling disability hate crime has […]
The government is considering whether to strengthen disability hate crime laws even further, after ministers agreed to make a long-awaited improvement that will mean longer sentences for offenders. Home Office minister Diana Johnson announced last week that the government would act […]
The government must abandon its “watered-down” proposals for emergency evacuation of disabled people who live in high-rise residential buildings, say disabled people’s organisations. The government quietly announced the policy in December when responding to a consultation on Conservative plans that would […]
Labour’s refusal to introduce “genuine” emergency evacuation plans for disabled people is an insult to those who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower disaster, say disabled campaigners. The government quietly published its response this week to a consultation that ended […]
A right-wing broadcaster is likely to escape police action despite describing young disabled people on out-of-work benefits as “parasites”, in a case that highlights long-standing concerns about inequality for disabled people in hate crime law. Isabel Oakeshott, international editor for TalkTV, […]
Disabled refugees and allies have protested outside the Home Office at the “inhuman” treatment that disabled people seeking asylum receive from private sector companies paid to provide their accommodation. The protest called for an end to the “obscene profits” made by […]
The number of prosecutions of disability hate crime offences has slumped yet again, despite both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and police chiefs admitting last year that their performance was not good enough and must improve. Last year, CPS hate crime […]
A man with significant long-term health conditions is in the fourth week of a hunger strike over “inhuman” conditions at a former Essex care home that is being used to house more than 50 disabled people seeking asylum. The Home Office […]
The government made a secret political decision that it would be too expensive and impractical to ensure that disabled people can safely evacuate from high-rise blocks of flats in emergencies, the high court has concluded. A minister decided not to make […]