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Government blames coronavirus crisis for closure of elected office fund

By John Pring on 2nd April 2020 Category: Politics

Government blames coronavirus crisis for closure of elected office fund
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The government has blamed the coronavirus crisis for its decision to close a temporary fund that was set up to support disabled people with the extra costs of running for political office. One disabled politician has described the permanent closure of […]

Tories refused to answer access questions in letter from their own equalities minister

By John Pring on 20th February 2020 Category: Politics

Tories refused to answer access questions in letter from their own equalities minister
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Successive chairs of the Conservative party snubbed a request from their own equalities minister, after she asked them to explain how they intended to support more disabled people to become MPs and councillors. Penny Mordaunt (pictured) wrote last April to the […]

Seven Tory ministers for disabled people stay silent on UN’s international rights day

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Human Rights

Seven Tory ministers for disabled people stay silent on UN’s international rights day
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Not one of the seven ministers for disabled people who have served in the post since the Conservatives came to power in 2010 issued a message of support on social media on the UN’s international day of disabled people this week. […]

DWP ‘refused reasonable adjustments for community recruits’

By John Pring on 21st February 2019 Category: Employment

DWP ‘refused reasonable adjustments for community recruits’
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) repeatedly failed to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people who were recruited to build bridges between jobcentres and the local community, it has been claimed. But the department also appears to be set to […]

UN day of disabled people: Temporary election access fund ‘must be just a first step’

By John Pring on 6th December 2018 Category: Politics

UN day of disabled people: Temporary election access fund ‘must be just a first step’
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The government has finally launched a new temporary fund that will support disabled candidates who want to stand for elected office, but only for the next 15 months. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) said the EnAble “interim” fund would provide £250,000 […]

Government ‘discriminated against DPOs’ in awarding £29m development programme

By John Pring on 6th September 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government ‘discriminated against DPOs’ in awarding £29m development programme
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The equality watchdog is examining claims that the government has discriminated against UK disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) by excluding them from the delivery of a new £29 million international development programme. The Department for International Development (DFID) has awarded the contract […]

Global Disability Summit: Mordaunt retreats from UK’s ‘global leader on rights’ claims

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Politics

Global Disability Summit: Mordaunt retreats from UK’s ‘global leader on rights’ claims
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The international development secretary, Penny Mordaunt, has been forced to retreat from her government’s repeated claims that the UK is a “global leader in disability rights”. Her government has faced anger from the UK disabled people’s movement at its decision to […]

Global Disability Summit: Anger over Mordaunt’s bid to redefine inclusive education

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Education

Global Disability Summit: Anger over Mordaunt’s bid to redefine inclusive education
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International development secretary Penny Mordaunt has been labelled a hypocrite and an embarrassment after attempting to redefine inclusive education at the international disability summit she was hosting in east London. Penny Mordaunt’s government was already facing criticism from across the UK […]

Global Disability Summit: Mordaunt defends co-host Kenya despite its gay rights record

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Human Rights

Global Disability Summit: Mordaunt defends co-host Kenya despite its gay rights record
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International development secretary Penny Mordaunt has defended the decision to co-host a major international summit on disability rights with Kenya, a country where it is illegal to be gay. The UK government was co-hosting the Global Disability Summit in east London […]

Rival international summit aims to highlight government’s ‘global hypocrisy’

By John Pring on 5th July 2018 Category: Human Rights

Rival international summit aims to highlight government’s ‘global hypocrisy’
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Disabled activists and their organisations are to host their own international “solidarity summit” in a bid to highlight the hypocrisy of the government’s decision to co-host a major “global disability summit” in east London later this month. The solidarity summit will […]

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