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Failure to appoint disabled peers ‘is infecting policy-making’

By John Pring on 24th November 2022 Category: Politics

Failure to appoint disabled peers ‘is infecting policy-making’
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The failure of the membership of the House of Lords to reflect the lived experience of disabled people is “infecting” the process of making policy, according to a disabled peer. Lord [Kevin] Shinkwin, a Conservative peer, told fellow members of the […]

Disabled MPs and peers pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth

By John Pring on 15th September 2022 Category: Politics

Disabled MPs and peers pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth
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Disabled MPs and peers have delivered personal tributes to Queen Elizabeth II, as members of both Houses of Parliament responded to the news of her death. The crossbench peer Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson said the Queen’s “unstinting support and knowledge of the […]

Shock as employers’ organisation drops support for mandatory reporting

By John Pring on 2nd June 2022 Category: Employment

Shock as employers’ organisation drops support for mandatory reporting
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An influential disability employment membership organisation is facing serious questions over why it suddenly dropped its support for proposals that would force larger employers to reveal how many disabled people they employ. The Business Disability Forum (BDF) revealed its about-turn in […]

Disabled peers help defeat ‘manipulative’ bid to ‘open the door to assisted suicide’

By John Pring on 17th March 2022 Category: Politics

Disabled peers help defeat ‘manipulative’ bid to ‘open the door to assisted suicide’
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Four disabled peers have helped defeat attempts to hijack the government’s health and care bill and use it to secure a change in the law to legalise assisted suicide. The Conservative peer Lord Forsyth, a former secretary of state for Scotland, had proposed […]

Peers and MPs hear fierce attack on government’s disability employment record

By John Pring on 22nd April 2021 Category: Employment

Peers and MPs hear fierce attack on government’s disability employment record
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The government’s record on disability employment has come under fierce attack during a parliamentary meeting. MPs and peers on the all-party parliamentary group on disability heard from experts from business, academia and the disability movement on Tuesday on the employment proposals […]

Watchdog ‘could finally be set to launch benefit deaths inquiry’

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Watchdog ‘could finally be set to launch benefit deaths inquiry’
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The human rights watchdog may finally be ready to announce an inquiry into the deaths of benefit claimants that have been linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), according to a campaigning MP. The Equality and […]

Thinktank responsible for universal credit launches ‘Disability Commission’

By John Pring on 28th May 2020 Category: Employment

Thinktank responsible for universal credit launches ‘Disability Commission’
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The right-wing thinktank responsible for designing universal credit has launched a new “Disability Commission” that it hopes will influence the government’s planned disability strategy. At least half of the 12 commissioners, who will not be paid for their work, are disabled […]

News round-up: Rail delays, universal credit, BSL, football… and pay gaps

By John Pring on 6th February 2020 Category: Transport

News round-up: Rail delays, universal credit, BSL, football… and pay gaps
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Ministers have given the transport industry permission to use inaccessible vehicles for rail replacement services for another three months. In December, it emerged that the government was allowing the industry to continue to use older buses and coaches that do not […]

Equality watchdog’s attempt to ‘mainstream’ disability ‘is failing disabled people’

By John Pring on 17th May 2018 Category: Politics

Equality watchdog’s attempt to ‘mainstream’ disability ‘is failing disabled people’
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The equality watchdog is failing disabled people by attempting to “mainstream” disability and treat it the same way as the other eight characteristics protected by the Equality Act, peers have warned. The House of Lords was debating the Equality and Human […]

Disabled Tory peer says government rejection of pub access plan is an ‘insult’

By John Pring on 4th January 2018 Category: Politics

Disabled Tory peer says government rejection of pub access plan is an ‘insult’
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A disabled Tory peer has accused his own government of insulting disabled people by rejecting the chance to improve access to pubs, clubs and restaurants. Lord [Kevin] Shinkwin said his party was in danger of “disowning” the laws it introduced through […]

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