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DR UK’s role in government’s opening ceremony ticket handout was ‘incredibly wrong’

04/02/2013 – 11:42 am

The government has been criticised for asking Disability Rights UK to play a key role in deciding which organisations received free tickets to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics.
Last week, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published the names of people invited to the Paralympic and Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, [...]

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Government reveals who it rewarded with £1,500 London 2012 tickets

28/01/2013 – 3:00 pm

A minister has revealed which individuals and organisations were given free government tickets to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics.
Maria Miller, the Conservative culture secretary and former minister for disabled people, told MPs that decisions on who to invite to the Paralympics and Olympics opening and closing ceremonies – and to London 2012 [...]

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