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Coronavirus: ‘Supermarket discrimination risks lives and causes pain and distress’

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: ‘Supermarket discrimination risks lives and causes pain and distress’
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Disabled people have described the pain and distress they have endured in attempting to buy food during the COVID-19 crisis, with many forced to put up with clear discrimination from their local supermarket. The accounts collected by Disability News Service (DNS) […]

Coronavirus: Supermarkets face ‘biggest class action of its kind’ over discrimination claims

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Supermarkets face ‘biggest class action of its kind’ over discrimination claims
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More than 200 disabled people have signed up for a class action against UK supermarkets over allegations that they have discriminated against them during the coronavirus crisis, in what is believed to be the biggest legal case of its kind. So […]

Coronavirus: Supermarkets face mass legal action over ‘discrimination’

By John Pring on 16th April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Supermarkets face mass legal action over ‘discrimination’
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Supermarkets are facing mass legal action from disabled people left anxious and distressed because they are unable to buy food and other groceries during the coronavirus crisis. At least 30 disabled people have instructed solicitors to begin legal action against various […]

DWP’s links with accessible shopping day lead to boycott call

By John Pring on 8th November 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DWP’s links with accessible shopping day lead to boycott call
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Disabled activists have called for a boycott of the UK’s first accessible shopping day because of its close links with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and fears that CCTV footage could be used to dispute disability benefit claims. Purple, […]

Retailers back UK’s first ‘accessible shopping day’

By John Pring on 16th August 2018 Category: Independent Living

Retailers back UK’s first ‘accessible shopping day’
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Major retailers have backed the launch of the UK’s first “accessible shopping day”, which will see businesses promise to introduce new measures to benefit their disabled customers. Purple Tuesday, to be held on 13 November, is being led by Purple, the […]

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