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Confusion over security firm’s TUC orders for rally protest

05/11/2012 – 10:00 am

Union bosses have refused to say whether they sanctioned a private security company’s efforts to halt an anti-austerity protest by disabled activists.
The protest at Marble Arch in central London was organised by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), and took place on the fringes of a mass anti-austerity rally held by the TUC in Hyde Park.
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Disabled people set to be outnumbered on Paralympic torch relay

16/07/2012 – 9:00 am

The opportunity to celebrate disabled people’s diversity has been “stolen” by organisers of the Paralympic torch relay, according to a leading disabled people’s organisation.
The UK Disabled People’s Council (UKDPC) spoke out after research by Disability News Service (DNS) showed disabled people were set to be heavily out-numbered by non-disabled people on next month’s Paralympic torch [...]

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