Daily Archives: 24/03/2012

Remploy factories have no place in modern world, says disabled MP

24/03/2012 – 9:00 am

A disabled MP has backed the government’s decision to withdraw funding from the remaining sheltered factories run by Remploy.
The government announced last week that 36 of the 54 Remploy factories across the UK would close by the end of 2012, with the loss of more than 1,500 disabled people’s jobs, while there would be further [...]

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Tanni spearheads Lords legal aid victory

24/03/2012 – 9:00 am

A disabled peer has spearheaded the latest defeat of the government over its plans to reform the legal aid system and cut £350 million from its budget.
Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson told peers that plans to force people to use a telephone helpline as the first point of contact when seeking help with cases of debt, discrimination, [...]

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