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Lynn Stewart-Taylor

Legal threat to PM over lack of BSL interpreter in £2.6 million briefing room

By John Pring on 1st April 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Legal threat to PM over lack of BSL interpreter in £2.6 million briefing room
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The government is facing the threat of fresh legal action after it failed to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at a televised pandemic briefing by the prime minister, despite spending £2.6 million on a new media room. Deaf campaigners […]

‘Vast majority’ of important government COVID information ‘is inaccessible to BSL-users’

By John Pring on 17th December 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘Vast majority’ of important government COVID information ‘is inaccessible to BSL-users’
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The “vast majority” of important COVID-19-related information provided by the UK government is not accessible to users of British Sign Language (BSL), a new investigation has found. A report on the investigation will be submitted by lawyers for BSL-user Katie Rowley […]

Deaf activists on 200-mile trek to bring ‘Where’s the Interpreter?’ message to ‘callous’ PM

By John Pring on 8th October 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Deaf activists on 200-mile trek to bring ‘Where’s the Interpreter?’ message to ‘callous’ PM
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A Deaf activist is walking from Gloucester to Downing Street to draw attention to the government’s “callous and heartless” refusal to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at its coronavirus TV briefings. Lynn Stewart-Taylor, founder of the #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign, and […]

Coronavirus: BSL-users launch mass legal action over government ‘discrimination’

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: BSL-users launch mass legal action over government ‘discrimination’
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More than 150 Deaf people have begun a legal class action against the UK government over its failure to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at its televised daily coronavirus briefings. They are seeking damages from the government – and […]

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