Daily Archives: 24/09/2011

Some councils ‘have found ways to protect disabled people from cuts’

24/09/2011 – 9:00 am

Some local authorities are doing far better than others in protecting disabled people from the impact of budget cuts, according to a new report.
Coping With The Cuts – written by the thinktank Demos for the disability charity Scope – ranks councils in England and Wales in order of how well they are dealing with the [...]

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EHRC harassment inquiry: Hate crime murder case highlights need for change

24/09/2011 – 9:00 am

Fresh concerns have emerged over the way the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) deal with disability hate crime, in the week that a major inquiry called for action to address the issue across the criminal justice system.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission report was launched in Westminster, just as five young people from Warwickshire [...]

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