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Government faces legal action over election access fund

April 12, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 12th April 2018 Three disabled politicians have begun legal action against the government over

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British Airways (BA), CAA, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), EHRC, Rachael Monk.

Equality watchdog calls for court action over BA’s PA ticket ‘discrimination’

March 23, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The equality watchdog has called for the courts to decide if

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Disability Labour, Discrimination Law Association, DRUK, EHRC, Proudlock Associates

Eight years on, government announces plans to bring in access laws for tenants

March 23, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The government has finally agreed to bring into force long-awaited

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CCG, Conservatives, EHRC, Fleur Perry, Human Rights, Irwin Mitchell, Naphtali Denderowicz, NHS

NHS bodies face legal action by human rights watchdog over care home threat

March 23, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The equality and human rights watchdog has written to 13

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Civil Legal Advice, EHRC, Ministry of Justice, Public Law Project

Legal advice concerns after government abandons search for new contractors

February 15, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Lawyers and campaigners have raised fresh concerns about the government’s approach

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Baroness Jane Campbell, Conservatives, CRPD, EHRC

Disabled peer raises ‘deep concerns’ over impact of Brexit bill on rights

February 9, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Disabled people should be concerned that the process of leaving

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DRUK, DWP, EHRC, Ellen Clifford, Inclusion London, Pats Petition, Rick Burgess, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations, WOW Campaign

Watchdog’s report shows impact of years of ‘hostile’ cuts on disabled people

November 24, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 Families which include both a disabled adult and a disabled child

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CCG, Continuing Healthcare Alliance, EHRC, NHS, Spinal Injuries Association

Local NHS is blackmailing service-users into accepting unsafe care, MPs hear

November 2, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd November 2017 People with complex healthcare needs are being “blackmailed”

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David Gawke, Deidre Brock, EHRC, ODI, Penny Mordaunt, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations

UK wants to promote its disability policies to rest of the world, says Mordaunt

October 20, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017 The minister for disabled people has dismissed a damning

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Anne McGuire, Baroness Jane Campbell, Blog, Cheshire Centre for Independant Living (CCIL), Disability Discrimination, Disability Rights Commission (DRC, DRUK, EHRC, Equality Act, Human Rights, LIz Sayce, Motability, Motobility, Professor Tom Shakespeare, Sir Bert Massie, Spartacus Network

Sir Bert Massie: Tributes to ‘a life committed to disabled people’s liberation’

October 20, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017 Tributes have been paid to Sir Bert Massie, the chair of

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Conservatives, DRUK, EHRC, Institute for Social and Economic Research, The Institute for Employment Studies (IES)

Tackle education, career stereotypes and flexible working to close pay gap, says EHRC

August 17, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 The equality watchdog has called for action to improve the education

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Conservatives, EHRC, Lord Shinkwin

Disabled peer continues three-month boycott of EHRC board meetings

August 4, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd August 2017 The disabled peer chosen to be the equality watchdog’s new disability

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Alex Williams, All party parliamentary group for disability (APPGD), Aspire, Disability Confident, Dr Lisa Cameron SNP MP, DRUK, EHRC, Green Paper, Jared O'Mara, Philip Connolly, Two Ticks

Senior civil servant admits draft industrial strategy failed on disability

July 22, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 21st July 2017 A senior civil servant has admitted to MPs and peers that

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Atos, Dept of Transport, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, EHRC, Ellen Clifford

DPAC set for week of protests over social care, Atos and access to transport

July 14, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 Disabled activists are set to lobby MPs this week on the

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Baroness Jane Campbell, EHRC, Government Equalities Offfice, Lord Shinkwin, Sir Bert Massie

New disabled commissioner ‘astounded and offended’ by EHRC treatment

June 30, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 29th June 2017 A disabled peer who thought he had been appointed as the

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Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Conservative Disability Group, Conservatives, DWP, EHRC, Gail Ward, Human Rights, John McArdle, Paul Gray

Rebranding of ‘toxic’ Atos will fail, activists promise

June 16, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 14th June 2017 The “toxic” government contractor Atos has been accused of

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Anne McGuire, Baroness Jane Campbell, EHRC, HOL, Labour Party, Lord Shinkwin, Sir Bert Massie

Scrapping EHRC disability commissioner role ‘risks sidelining disability’

May 12, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 The “rash” decision to scrap the role of disability commissioner

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Alice Kirby, Center of Disability Studies, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, CRPD, Disability Law Hub, DWP, EHRC, Recovery in the Bin

Benefit claimants take to social media to describe DWP ‘hell’ and ‘abuse’

May 4, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017 Disabled people have described how the “terrifying” and “abusive” benefit

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EHRC, Lord Shinkwin

EHRC confusion after minister appears to scrap disability commissioner role

May 4, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017 The government appears to have secretly scrapped the post of disability

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Conservatives, Disability Benefits Consortium, DRUK, EHRC, Inclusion London, Sir Bert Massie, UN

Concern as minister appoints Tory peer as equality watchdog’s disability lead

April 28, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service April 27th 2017 The government’s decision to appoint a second consecutive Tory

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