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Reasonable adjustments

Government ‘may have breached Equality Act duties’ over Lying-in-State queue

By John Pring on 15th September 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government ‘may have breached Equality Act duties’ over Lying-in-State queue
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have criticised the measures taken to ensure that the Queen’s Lying-in-State is accessible to disabled people as “inadequate” and “disappointing”. The government has arranged an “accessible queueing scheme” for those unable to stand in a queue for […]

Labour faces legal action from disabled members over ‘institutional’ discrimination

By John Pring on 8th September 2022 Category: Politics

Labour faces legal action from disabled members over ‘institutional’ discrimination
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Disabled activists have warned Labour that it faces possible legal action if it continues to refuse to act to end years of disability discrimination against party members. Senior figures in the party – including leader Keir Starmer, deputy leader Angela Rayner […]

Campaign aims to address ‘suspicion and hatred’ in social housing sector

By John Pring on 7th July 2022 Category: Housing

Campaign aims to address ‘suspicion and hatred’ in social housing sector
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Disabled housing association tenants have launched a campaign they hope will put an end to widespread disability discrimination by their landlords, and raise awareness of the Equality Act. Disabled members of the Social Housing Action Campaign (SHAC) have come together to […]

Research shows how tens of thousands of disabled staff are ‘managed out’ of jobs

By John Pring on 23rd June 2022 Category: Employment

Research shows how tens of thousands of disabled staff are ‘managed out’ of jobs
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New research shows why tens of thousands of disabled people every year are being “managed out” of their jobs by disablist employers. The researchers concluded that the Equality Act was “failing to live up to its potential”, with many employers failing […]

Minister announces ‘new’ policy, 12 years after it appeared in Labour’s Equality Act

By John Pring on 9th June 2022 Category: Housing

Minister announces ‘new’ policy, 12 years after it appeared in Labour’s Equality Act
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A government minister has described a proposal to make it easier for disabled tenants to make access improvements to the common areas of residential properties as “a new policy”, 12 years after it was included in Labour’s Equality Act. The proposal […]

Disabled woman pays hundreds in fines, after council refuses reasonable adjustments

By John Pring on 26th May 2022 Category: Transport

Disabled woman pays hundreds in fines, after council refuses reasonable adjustments
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A disabled artist is being forced to pay hundreds of pounds in clean air zone fines every month because of her council’s refusal to make reasonable adjustments for her fluctuating health conditions. Shiva Page fears she will have to give up […]

Councils frequently fail to make reasonable adjustments, says ombudsman

By John Pring on 26th May 2022 Category: Independent Living

Councils frequently fail to make reasonable adjustments, says ombudsman
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An ombudsman has warned that local authorities are frequently failing to make reasonable adjustments for disabled service-users, particularly those with invisible impairments. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, Michael King (pictured), called on local councils in England to be “proactive” […]

Judge highly critical of DWP’s flawed IT systems that helped cause claimant’s distress

By John Pring on 4th November 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Judge highly critical of DWP’s flawed IT systems that helped cause claimant’s distress
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A judge has been highly critical of flawed IT systems that prevent the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and one of its contractors from sharing vital information about disabled benefit claimants. District Judge Lacey told Bournemouth County Court on Friday […]

TUC calls for action on home working for disabled people

By John Pring on 28th October 2021 Category: Employment

TUC calls for action on home working for disabled people
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The TUC is calling for action to make it easier for disabled people to work from home, after a huge majority of those who have done so during the pandemic said they wanted to continue being able to do so. A […]

Timpson silent over ‘accessibility fails’

By John Pring on 21st October 2021 Category: Independent Living

Timpson silent over ‘accessibility fails’
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The high street retailer Timpson is facing allegations from disabled campaigners that many of its stores are inaccessible to disabled people. The concerns focus both on its high street stores and on the small “pods” – factory-built kiosks – it has […]

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