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Arts festival set to make disability history in east London
Organisers hope that a month-long disability arts, culture and human rights festival could become an annual fixture and help turn a London borough into a centre of excellence. The Together!…
‘Shrinking schools’ threaten inclusion of thousands of disabled pupils, says ALLFIE
Government plans to “shrink” new school buildings will threaten the inclusion of thousands of disabled children in mainstream settings, campaigners have warned. The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) spoke out…
Government offers £300 million boost to specialised housing
Housing providers will be able to bid for money from a £300 million fund to help boost the provision of specialised housing for disabled and older people. The government had…
Discrimination case ‘could lead to new rights for volunteers and benefit claimants’
A Supreme Court hearing this week could lead to important new protection from discrimination for thousands of disabled volunteers, and benefit claimants forced into government work experience programmes. A disabled…
London 2012: Sports festival will build on Paralympics momentum
Some of Britain’s top Paralympians will be appearing at a new festival of sport that aims to build on the legacy of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, and unearth future…
Watchdog gives public bodies one last chance to act on disability hate crime
Police figures showing that some forces recorded just four disability hate crimes last year are “incredible” and “not believable”, according to the chair of the equality watchdog’s disability committee. Mike…
CPS and police clueless over sharp drop in disability hate crime prosecutions
Both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the police have been unable to explain a sharp drop in the number of prosecutions for disability hate crime. The CPS released its…
Tribunal win could plug legal gap for disabled agency workers
A disabled woman sacked by a council from her temporary post after taking time off with depression has won an employment tribunal case – after a three-year legal battle –…
Motability is ‘treating disabled people like criminals’ by fitting trackers
Motability has been accused of treating disabled people like criminals, after it began fixing tracking devices to their cars. The organisation says it has introduced the new measure in a…
New EHRC chair faces tough task to repair watchdog’s ‘damaged house’
The government’s choice to be the new chair of the equality watchdog faces a tough task to repair an organisation that is damaged almost beyond repair, according to the former…
