disability discrimination

In Parliament

Health benefits: ‘Disability assessment process needs changing’

Comment

‘Why are you out?’ – Disabled people and the pandemic

*Comment & Analysis

self-censored: DWP guidelines advise people to keep their disability under wraps.

I’m Broken, Britain: The DWP tells us to self-censor our own disability

News

Nick Martin: "It is clear that this will not stop the attacks on the office and person of mayor"

‘Stop mongols having sex’: Tory mayor resigns

News

MPs suspicious of Defra disabled ‘bias’

*Comment & Analysis

Dan Scorer: 'Until prejudice such as this is eradicated, people with a learning disability will continue to be failed by the system and denied justice.'

Comment: Time to stamp out disability hate crime for good

News

Brewer's remark was condemned as 'outrageous' by disabled charity Scope

Councillor quits after ‘disabled kids should be put down’ remark

Featured

Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment

No 10 confirms to Humanists UK there will be no blasphemy law

Humanists UK has received reassurances from the UK Government that it has no plans to reintroduce laws criminalising blasphemy or restrict freedom of expression around religion. This follows on from a question at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) that urged the Prime Minister to introduce a new blasphemy law in the mould of one suggested by Russia, China, and… Read more »

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MDU hopes England and Wales claims costs will reduce following change to the PI discount rate

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) welcomed news that the personal injury discount rate (PIDR) in England and Wales has been increased, potentially saving millions of pounds in the costs of compensation payments. Following a review, the Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood MP has determined that, with effect from 11 January 2025, the PIDR in England and Wales… Read more »

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Edwina Currie put a dampener on a spectacular opening ceremony at the Paralympics

Another Tory opening ceremony gaffe

A former Tory health minister has sparked a Twitter row by making a dubious comment about disabilities during the London 2012 Paralympic opening ceremony.

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