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Disability Labour crowdfunds costs for conference access hub after party ‘snub’

By John Pring on 22nd August 2019 Category: Politics

Disability Labour crowdfunds costs for conference access hub after party ‘snub’
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Disabled delegates who are providing free access and mental health advice and support to delegates at next month’s Labour conference have had to launch an “embarrassing” crowdfunding appeal after they say the party refused to pay for any free accommodation. At […]

Concerns over industry’s repeated objections to councils’ accessible homes plans

By John Pring on 1st November 2018 Category: Housing

Concerns over industry’s repeated objections to councils’ accessible homes plans
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Representatives of the home-building industry are engaged in a countrywide campaign to defeat attempts by councils to ensure more accessible homes are built in their areas, research by Disability News Service (DNS) has shown. Home Builders Federation (HBF) has lodged “worrying” […]

DaDaFest promises ‘edgy and disruptive’ festival highlighting years of attacks on rights

By John Pring on 1st November 2018 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

DaDaFest promises ‘edgy and disruptive’ festival highlighting years of attacks on rights
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The artistic director of DaDaFest has promised that the theme for this month’s international disability arts festival will help shine a light on years of attacks on disabled people’s human rights. Ruth Gould also spoke out this week against the failure […]

Labour conference: Right-wing journalist faces ban call after ‘safe space’ video

By John Pring on 27th September 2018 Category: Human Rights

Labour conference: Right-wing journalist faces ban call after ‘safe space’ video
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Disabled party members are calling on Labour to ban a prominent right-wing journalist from future events after she posted a video on social media mocking the provision of a “safe space” used by disabled people at this week’s party conference. The […]

Labour conference: Anger as party awards unions half of votes for disability elections

By John Pring on 27th September 2018 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Anger as party awards unions half of votes for disability elections
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Disabled members of the Labour party are angry that new plans to elect a disabled representative to a key party body will see half of the votes in the election given to unions. Members of the executive of Disability Labour, which […]

Labour conference: Party forced to reconsider approach to inclusive education

By John Pring on 27th September 2018 Category: Education

Labour conference: Party forced to reconsider approach to inclusive education
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Labour will be forced to think again about its approach to inclusive education, after concerns raised by a prominent disabled activist received resounding backing from party members. Richard Rieser told the party’s annual conference in Liverpool that part of a key […]

Call for media action after news agency’s shorthand ‘discrimination’

By John Pring on 5th July 2018 Category: Employment

Call for media action after news agency’s shorthand ‘discrimination’
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A disabled journalist is calling for action to address widespread discrimination in the media industry after a news agency told him he had not been interviewed for a job because he did not have a qualification in shorthand. Declan McSweeney has […]

Labour conference: Party ‘must do more on rights and inclusion’

By John Pring on 29th September 2016 Category: Human Rights

Labour conference: Party ‘must do more on rights and inclusion’
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Labour needs to do far more to address issues of disability rights and the inclusion of disabled people in society, two leading disabled academics have told a fringe meeting at the party’s annual conference. Disability rights issues were marginalised at this […]

Paralympian jailed for ‘protecting his friends from homophobic abuse’

By John Pring on 16th October 2015 Category: Crime

Paralympian jailed for ‘protecting his friends from homophobic abuse’
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Distraught relatives and supporters of a Paralympic football star are fighting for justice after he was jailed for punching a man who had subjected him and two friends to a stream of homophobic and disablist abuse. They say that George Fletcher […]

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