Disability strategy
Policy Consultation 19 January 2005
Comment from the Department for Work and Pensions, Disability Rights Commission, the National Autistic Society, the Royal National Institute of the Blind, the Disabilities Trust, Leonard Cheshire and Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Forum Brief: Discrimination against blind people
Policy Consultation 15 June 2004
Comment from the Royal National Institute for the Blind, the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, the Disability Rights Commission and the Shaw Trust.
Forum Brief: NHS services for the visually impaired
Policy Consultation 8 June 2004
Comment from the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, the Shaw Trust, the Disabilities Trust and the Royal National Institute of the Blind
Forum Brief: Volunteers' Week
Policy Consultation 1 June 2004
Comment from Voice UK, BUPA, the Shaw Trust and ChildLine
Forum Brief: Job broking programme
Policy Consultation 2 April 2004
Comment from: The Shaw Trust, the Institute of Directors, the Disabilities Trust and the Royal National Institute for the Blind
Forum Brief: Access for disabled people
Policy Consultation 19 February 2004
Comment from the Shaw Trust, the Federation of Small Businesses, the Disabiltiy Rights Commission and the Disabilities Trust.
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Forum Brief: Draft Disability Bill
Policy Consultation 4 December 2003
The existing Disability Discrimination Act is to be extended to cover people with such conditions as cancer, HIV and Multiple Sclerosis, ministers announced on Wednesday.
Forum Brief: Disability regulations
Policy Consultation 25 June 2003
The government has announced new moves to tackle disability discrimination in the workplace.
Forum Brief: Disability strategy
Policy Consultation 17 June 2003
The Institute for Public Policy Research has called on the government to adopt a more ambitious long-term strategy for helping disabled people find work
Forum Brief: Disability employment assistance
Policy Consultation 12 June 2003
Maria Eagle has announced a doubling of the funds available this year to help supported employment providers update their businesses.
Forum Brief: Workplace discrimination
Policy Consultation 7 May 2003
The Disability Rights Commission has called on the government to close a legal loophole which allows employers to discriminate against workers with progressive illnesses such as cancer, MS and HIV.
Forum Brief: Workplace discrimination
Policy Consultation 28 April 2003
The Disability Rights Commission has revealed that workplace discrimination accounted for more than half of the cases it supported last year.Employers' failure to make adjustments for disabled workers made up
Forum Brief: Disability Discrimination Act
Policy Consultation 11 April 2003
Work and pensions minister Maria Eagle has responded to calls for new laws on disability discrimination.
