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Horror over Miller’s ‘fox in a hen-house’ equality appointment

By John Pring on 12th June 2015 Category: Politics

Horror over Miller’s ‘fox in a hen-house’ equality appointment
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The prospect of a former Tory minister for disabled people chairing a new Commons select committee on women and equalities has horrified disabled activists. Maria Miller was the first minister for disabled people under the last coalition government, and became a […]

NHS long-stay closures ‘are too little and too late’

By John Pring on 21st February 2015 Category: Human Rights

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A leading self-advocate has described the announcement that NHS England is to close some of the remaining hospitals that provide in-patient mental health beds for people with learning difficulties as “long overdue” and still not good enough. The surprise announcement by […]

New alliance ‘will hold political parties to account’

By John Pring on 7th November 2014 Category: Activism and Campaigning, News Archive, Politics

New alliance ‘will hold political parties to account’
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Leading figures in the self-advocacy movement hope that a new campaigning alliance will help to hold political parties and the government to account in the run-up to the next election. Learning Disability Alliance England will be launched in Manchester later this […]

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