Daily Archives: 14/01/2011

New Year Honours: Equality watchdog ‘has failed on disability rights’

A former leading figure in the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) has accused the watchdog that took over its work of failing to make any progress in securing rights for disabled people.
Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick, who was the DRC’s commissioner with responsibility for Wales throughout its seven-year existence, spoke out after he was awarded an OBE for [...]