Disability
The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which was announced in the 2024 King’s Speech, will receive its First Reading in Parliament today. Humanists UK has welcomed proposals including a Children Not in School Register and legislation to close loopholes that enable the continued operation of illegal faith schools. The Bill also includes a requirement… Read more »
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sent its final recommendations to the government on the restriction proposals for lead ammunition in England, Scotland and Wales. This is the culmination of a consultation launched in 2022, which has run alongside the voluntary transition away from lead first proposed by nine leading rural organisations, including BASC,… Read more »
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Ed Balls’ stammer after the autumn statement shouldn’t be mocked. We have blind MPs and MPs in wheelchairs, but one would be hard put to find incidences when their disability become a subject of mirth for political opponents.
The government sneaked out news of further redundancies at Remploy factories today, using a ministerial statement to announce 682 disabled workers’ jobs were at risk.
