Daily Archives: 11/02/2011

Hate crime website should help close reporting gap

A relaunched national police website should make it easier for disabled people to report disability hate crime to their local force.
The True Vision site now allows victims of hate crime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to report offences online in greater detail, making it easier for police forces to investigate.
The site includes a “secure [...]

DLA reforms lead disabled people ‘to question value of their own lives’

Disabled people are beginning to “question the value of their own lives” because of government plans to slash spending on disability living allowance (DLA), according to a new survey.
Disability Alliance (DA) has released the latest results from a survey on the coalition government’s reforms, which include plans to cut spending on DLA for working-age people [...]