Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
By John Pring Disability News Service 12th April 2018 Three disabled politicians have begun legal action against the government over
Continue readingGovernment faces legal action over election access fund
By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The equality watchdog has called for the courts to decide if
Continue readingEquality watchdog calls for court action over BA’s PA ticket ‘discrimination’
By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The government has finally agreed to bring into force long-awaited
Continue readingEight years on, government announces plans to bring in access laws for tenants
By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The equality and human rights watchdog has written to 13
Continue readingNHS bodies face legal action by human rights watchdog over care home threat
By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Lawyers and campaigners have raised fresh concerns about the government’s approach
Continue readingLegal advice concerns after government abandons search for new contractors
By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Disabled people should be concerned that the process of leaving
Continue readingDisabled peer raises ‘deep concerns’ over impact of Brexit bill on rights
By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 Families which include both a disabled adult and a disabled child
Continue readingWatchdog’s report shows impact of years of ‘hostile’ cuts on disabled people
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd November 2017 People with complex healthcare needs are being “blackmailed”
Continue readingLocal NHS is blackmailing service-users into accepting unsafe care, MPs hear
By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017 The minister for disabled people has dismissed a damning
Continue readingUK wants to promote its disability policies to rest of the world, says Mordaunt
By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017 Tributes have been paid to Sir Bert Massie, the chair of
Continue readingSir Bert Massie: Tributes to ‘a life committed to disabled people’s liberation’
By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 The equality watchdog has called for action to improve the education
By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd August 2017 The disabled peer chosen to be the equality watchdog’s new disability
Continue readingDisabled peer continues three-month boycott of EHRC board meetings
By John Pring Disability News Service 21st July 2017 A senior civil servant has admitted to MPs and peers that
Continue readingSenior civil servant admits draft industrial strategy failed on disability
By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 Disabled activists are set to lobby MPs this week on the
Continue readingDPAC set for week of protests over social care, Atos and access to transport
By John Pring Disability News Service 29th June 2017 A disabled peer who thought he had been appointed as the
Continue readingNew disabled commissioner ‘astounded and offended’ by EHRC treatment
By John Pring Disability News Service 14th June 2017 The “toxic” government contractor Atos has been accused of
Continue readingRebranding of ‘toxic’ Atos will fail, activists promise
By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 The “rash” decision to scrap the role of disability commissioner
Continue readingScrapping EHRC disability commissioner role ‘risks sidelining disability’
By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017 Disabled people have described how the “terrifying” and “abusive” benefit
Continue readingBenefit claimants take to social media to describe DWP ‘hell’ and ‘abuse’
By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017 The government appears to have secretly scrapped the post of disability
Continue readingEHRC confusion after minister appears to scrap disability commissioner role
By John Pring Disability News Service April 27th 2017 The government’s decision to appoint a second consecutive Tory
Continue readingConcern as minister appoints Tory peer as equality watchdog’s disability lead