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February 8, 2018 0

Renovations to Houses of Parliament ‘must provide step change in access’

A disabled peer has told the House of Lords that plans for a major “restoration and renewal” of the Houses of Parliament must ensure a “step change” in the provision of disability access in a building that can be “extremely unwelcoming” to disabled people. Baroness [Sal] Brinton, president of the Liberal Democrats and a

Human Rights

Baroness Grey-Thompson speaking in the House of Lords

December 14, 2017 0

Disabled peers raise fresh alarm over Brexit rights

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Two disabled peers have called on the government to ensure that the rights of disabled people are protected when the country leaves the European Union (EU). Both Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson and Baroness [Jane] Campbell raised concerns of possible “regression” of the rights of disabled people in the UK as a result of the Brexit

Benefits and Poverty

March 9, 2017

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Disabled peer says Mordaunt was ‘spinning like crazy’ over PIP cuts

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A disabled peer has accused the minister for disabled people of “spinning like crazy” in an attempt to defend the government’s latest cuts to benefits for people with mental health conditions. Baroness [Jane] Campbell says she and five other peers met with Penny Mordaunt (pictured) last week about the government’s amendments to personal independence

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March 9, 2017

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PIP cuts ‘will be debated and voted on’

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Calls for government cuts to disability benefits to be reversed are likely to be debated separately – and voted on – by both Houses of Parliament later this month. The amendments to personal independence payment (PIP) regulations were announced last month by work and pensions secretary Damian Green, and led to protests by disabled

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Baroness Campbell in her wheelchair, with two other disabled people on either side listening

September 18, 2015

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Real voices bring home day-to-day struggles to ‘horrified’ peers

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Members of a House of Lords committee examining the impact of the Equality Act 2010 have visited a user-led organisation to hear from disabled people on how the legislation has affected their day-to-day lives. Six members of the committee – including the disabled crossbench peer Baroness [Jane] Campbell – visited Real, a support organisation

Human Rights

November 14, 2014 0

Assisted dying bill: Disabled people have most to fear from ‘arm around the shoulder’

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If assisted suicide was legalised, disabled people would have most to fear from the widespread public attitude that they were “better off dead”, according to a disabled peer. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson was speaking during the committee stage of the Labour peer Lord Falconer’s assisted dying bill, which resumed its progress through the House of

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Renovations to Houses of Parliament ‘must provide step change in access’

Disabled peers raise fresh alarm over Brexit rights

Disabled peer says Mordaunt was ‘spinning like crazy’ over PIP cuts

PIP cuts ‘will be debated and voted on’

Real voices bring home day-to-day struggles to ‘horrified’ peers

Assisted dying bill: Disabled people have most to fear from ‘arm around the shoulder’