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Employment white paper promises ‘fundamentally different’ approach, but fails to answer key questions
A new government white paper has promised a “fundamentally different” approach to employment support, including “tackling ill ...
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Anger and concern over government’s ‘hand-me-down’ employment white paper
Disabled people and their organisations have pointed to “fundamental” and “very concerning” flaws in the government’s ...
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DWP must take urgent safety steps on large payments, says coroner after suicide, five years on from earlier inquest warning
A coroner has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to take urgent safety measures following the suicide of a man ...
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Anger over ‘abhorrent’ assisted suicide poster campaign at Westminster tube station
London transport bosses have refused to apologise for plastering the walls of a London Underground station with posters ...
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Council suddenly pulls funding from disabled woman despite seven-year accessible housing nightmare
A local authority has suddenly pulled the plug on funding that would have ended the seven-year accessible housing ordeal of a ...
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Disabled Labour MP uses memorial lecture to push government to implement UN disability convention
A disabled Labour MP has vowed to push her government to implement the UN disability convention into UK law, as she delivered ...
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Disabled musicians face discrimination, harassment, racism, and debt, says new report
A new report has revealed the widespread discrimination, sexual harassment, racism and financial problems faced by disabled ...
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Mainstream is usually much cheaper, with ‘similar or better outcomes’ for disabled pupils, MPs are told
The most senior civil servant in the Department for Education (DfE) has told MPs that educating disabled pupils in mainstream schools is usually much cheaper and produces “similar or better outcomes” ...
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Children’s commissioner ‘increasingly dismayed’ at numbers ‘deprived of liberty by the state’
The children’s commissioner has said she has become “increasingly dismayed” by the number of disabled and other children with “complex needs” who are being deprived of their liberty by the state. In a ...