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Watchdog’s barrister calls for legal right to independent living

By John Pring on 28th June 2018 Category: Independent Living

Watchdog’s barrister calls for legal right to independent living
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Legal advice commissioned by the equality and human rights watchdog has called for disabled people to have a legal right to independent living. The barrister was asked by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) last year to examine if there […]

Concern over review that will examine ‘bullying’ forced treatment plans

By John Pring on 31st July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Concern over review that will examine ‘bullying’ forced treatment plans
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Government proposals that some groups of disabled people should have their benefits cut if they refuse treatment have been branded “ethically unacceptable” and “sheer bullying”. The Conservative pledge to carry out a review into the proposals was treated with shock and […]

Call for parliament to allow job-sharing MPs, as judge throws out case

By John Pring on 31st July 2015 Category: Politics

Call for parliament to allow job-sharing MPs, as judge throws out case
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Disabled campaigners have called on parliament to press for new laws that would allow candidates to stand jointly for election as job-share MPs, after a judge threw out a legal case brought by two members of the Green party. Disabled activists […]

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