In a Debate after the Queens speech Deidre Brock MP said the following at 8.58; https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-05-18/debates/16051856000002/DebateOnTheAddress#contribution-16051881000088 “Let me offer […]
By Raya Al Jadir New research will investigate the “untold stories” of disabled lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) […]
A police force already under investigation for disability hate crime failures when dealing with a young autistic man is now […]
A string of user-led organisations have warned that the government’s “horrifying” plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace […]
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) appears to have exposed hundreds of disabled people to the activities of a fraudster and […]
The new chair of the equality watchdog has taken up his new post, despite question-marks over potential conflicts of interest […]
A report by peers on the impact of equality legislation on disabled people appears to have secured its first success, […]
Hundreds of disabled people are believed to have fallen victim to a “manipulative” fraudster who posed as a lawyer to […]
More than 1,000 venues and an estimated 10,000 people took part in the second annual Disabled Access Day, according to […]
Leaving the European Union (EU) would put at risk significant improvements that have been made to the lives of disabled […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing claims that it is deliberately misleading benefit claimants into thinking […]
Lawyers, campaigners, peers and academics have spoken of how disabled people can find it almost impossible to enforce their rights […]
The government has appointed a commercial lawyer to chair the equality and human rights watchdog, despite MPs raising serious concerns […]
COMMENT:Long-awaited peer reviews suggest ministers failed to act after deaths of ‘vulnerable’ claimants