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Disability rights post-referendum
Disability Rights UK Statement on the referendum result, 24 June 2016 DR UK will fight for disabled people’s rights following the Referendum. After a long night of Referendum results, we understand the depth of feeling about the Referendum, on all … Continue reading
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How would Brexit affect disabled people?
Brexit ‘would have dire consequences for disabled people’ by Raya Al Jadir and John Pring, in Disability News Service, 10 March 2016 Leaving the European Union (EU) would have “harmful” and “dire” consequences for disabled people, according to two of … Continue reading
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Bedroom tax discriminates against disabled children
Disability news service, 28 January 2016 : Bedroom tax discriminates against disabled children, say appeal court judges The government’s “bedroom tax” discriminates unlawfully against disabled children, the court of appeal has ruled. The appeal court, which overturned a high court … Continue reading
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Tagged Bedroom tax, disability, DWP, ECHR, European Convention on Human Rights, Iain Duncan Smith MP
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