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A long-running legal case that reached the Court of Appeal this week will force the government to take its duty to consult with disabled people more seriously, according to one of the three disabled campaigners who have brought the case. The […]
The government could be forced to rewrite its National Disability Strategy, if four disabled campaigners are successful in their bid to persuade the high court that the document is unlawful. Yesterday (Wednesday), their legal team attempted to persuade the court, through […]
Only a tiny proportion of the views expressed by the thousands of disabled people who took part in the government’s national disability survey have been read by a minister or civil servant, a freedom of information response suggests. The new information […]
Thousands of disabled people have told ministers of the significant barriers they face in their daily lives, with only four per cent saying they believe the government provides a “good level of support” to disabled people. A report on the results […]