15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ The equality watchdog’s new chair, who is set to lead an investigation into whether Tory […]
August 25th 2016 More than 1,000 Deaf and disabled people and their allies have backed Jeremy Corbyn’s bid to […]
This is the speech given by Jeremy Corbyn at UCL Institute of Education when he launched his bid for re-election […]
UN experts have expressed serious concerns about the impact of government austerity on the rights of disabled people and other […]
Disabled activists are calling on the UN to take action after elections to the 18-strong committee that oversees the implementation […]
By Tommy Shepard FOUR elections and a referendum: It’s been a helluva five years. With the new SNP Government now […]
Four-fifths of disabled teachers face harassment and discrimination at the hands of head teachers and other senior managers, disabled […]
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 […]
A string of user-led organisations have warned that the government’s “horrifying” plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace […]
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