Latest Disability News:
July:
Week ending 15th July 2010:
- Treasury fails to remove disablist comments from cuts website
- Mencap’s hate crime coalition plans in disarray
- Liberty rights still ‘being breached’ despite new safeguards
- Health white paper: Concerns over new role for GPs
Week ending 9th July 2010:
- Campaigners fear government will water down Equality Act
- Government research finds DLA plays vital role
- SEN review ‘is chance to fight for inclusion’
- Leap in ESA appeals ‘exposes flaws in system’
- Anger grows over government’s plans for DLA
- Academies bill ‘could undermine specialist support for pupils’
- Campaigners fear government could bow to building lobby
- Disabled campaigner nominated for UN role
- New guide calls for community action on hate crime
- Welfare reforms ‘could breach government’s UN duties’
May 2010
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