What do you think? Is it easy to find the back-to-work help you need? Is one organisation going to have all the answers? Is local partnership working the answer to halving the number of disabled people out of work? When…
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability is asking for views about how the Government can fulfil its pledge to halve the number of unemployed disabled people. Responses can be made to APPGinquiry@disabilityrightsuk.org – deadline is 4 July. I have set out…
What do you think: When you complain about inaccessible information, does an equally inaccessible reply count? Should staff handling customer complaints be up-to-date about the law? If a bank ignores one bit of law, what other laws are they breaking?…
What do you think? Does responding to one discrimination with another just double the impact? Do you have similarly poor treatment from banks, insurance companies and other financial services? Isn’t it time that banks complied with the law? I wrote…
What do you think? Globalisation or greed causes economic inequality? Are disabled lifts good for you? Are banks exempt from equality legislation? It was a presentation by former colleague Professor Roger Brown at Southampton’s Solent University that piqued my interest. …
What do you think: Should Government information be available to the whole population? Should Government information comply with the law? Or don’t disabled people really matter? Depressing that the Government’s booklet setting out information about the EU referendum isn’t available…
What do you think: Is ill-health/disability the biggest barrier to full employment? Or is it employer discrimination? Or the lack of a cohesive and comprehensive disability employment strategy and the tools to deliver it? According to the Resolution Foundation’s recent…
What do you think: Is social media a good way of gaining information about deprived people? If you want to improve a service, do you start with the customers or the process? Is the rug being pulled from the majority…
What do you think? Does contracting out improve the services we get? Is the privatisation track record good enough? Would true market forces have most impact on quality, service and savings? It’s not surprising that there’s lots of concern about…
Did you know: Government planning to tighten up on PIP for those who rely on aids and equipment? “Daily living” for disabled people is reduced to basic survival? Policy changes need to be based on good evidence? The UK Government…
