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DWP’s disability adviser questioned over PIP omission from Boris Johnson letter

By John Pring on 7th November 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

DWP’s disability adviser questioned over PIP omission from Boris Johnson letter
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The head of a UK leisure industry body – a government disability adviser – has been forced to explain why his organisation wrote to the prime minister but failed to ask for action to address disabled people’s barriers to physical activity. […]

Some claims that London 2012 changed the world are nonsense, says disabled peer

By John Pring on 7th March 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Some claims that London 2012 changed the world are nonsense, says disabled peer
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One of Britain’s greatest Paralympians has told a parliamentary meeting to beware of claims that London 2012 “changed the world” for disabled people. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson (pictured) was speaking at a parliamentary meeting held to discuss the need for more to […]

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