Campaigners have called on the government to back demands for manufactured goods to be covered by new European Union (EU) anti-discrimination laws. The draft equal treatment directive would extend protection from discrimination on the grounds of disability, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief to the provision of goods and services across the EU. Currently, [...]
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Apr 2010
Striking differences have emerged between the Liberal Democrats and the other two main parties over how they would treat disabled people on out-of-work benefits. Important questions also remain over both Labour and Conservative plans on welfare reform. Both Labour and the Conservatives plan to reassess every person currently receiving incapacity benefit (IB). Labour plans to [...]
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Apr 2010
A campaigning disability organisation has asked parties to be more “respectful” in their use of pictures of disabled people during the final days of the general election campaign. RADAR spoke out after Labour withdrew a poster featuring the Little Britain characters Lou and Andy – one of whom is a wheelchair-user – with the superimposed [...]
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Apr 2010
Serious concerns have been raised again about the way the police deal with disability hate crime, after members of a family were sentenced for the brutal murder of a disabled man they had beaten and tortured for years. Michael Gilbert was held captive by the Watt family in Luton for about 10 years and was [...]
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Apr 2010
London’s former mayor has added his voice to those who have paid glowing tributes to the pioneering disabled activist David Morris. Ken Livingstone said Morris – who died in the early hours of 19 April – was “an outstanding campaigner for disability rights” and “a dedicated public official”. He said he had “immense drive” and [...]
