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Two nations
- Authors:
- LINEHAN Tim, GEORGE Mike, MASSIE Bert
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.8.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Considers the extent to which the government's consultation paper on tackling discrimination against disabled people meets the demands of the disabled rights lobby.
Incremental progress
- Author:
- SONE Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.2.92, 1992, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Talks to the Minister for Disabled People, Nicholas Scott about the new disability allowances, the guillotining of the Private Members Bill introduced by Alf Morris, and other achievements since he has been in office.
Waiting in the wings
- Author:
- HATCHETT Will
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.7.91, 1991, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Talks to Tom Clarke MP about his late lamented Disabled Persons Act, and the future of disability benefits under a future Labour Government
Why the government must ring the changes on charges
- Author:
- WRIGHT Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 6(4), June 2000, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Welcomes the Government's announcement that it will amend the Care Standards Bill to enable it to issue enforceable guidelines on charging for care services. Describes some of the adverse consequences on service users when councils charge for essential services and the safeguards that should be included in any national guidance.
Working to rule
- Authors:
- THORNTON Patricia, LUNT Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.8.95, 1995, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
By tailoring anti-discriminatory legislation for disabled people to the individual, the government has missed an opportunity to wipe away wider problems for disabled people in the workplace.
Disability rights: rhetoric and reality in the UK
- Authors:
- BARNES Colin, OLIVER Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 10(1), 1995, pp.111-116.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
After numerous attempts to get an anti-discrimination bill through Parliament the British Government have finally acknowledged that discrimination against this increasingly large and influential section of the community is a problem which can only be dealt with through legislative means. Presents a brief overview of these developments.
Discriminating legislation
- Authors:
- MORTIMER Jill, CLIFFORD Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Management, 1(14), Autumn 1995, pp.16-17.
Describes the employment implications of the disabilities legislation now going through Parliament.
The price of independence
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.6.94, 1994, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government's refusal to promote the rights of disabled people has resulted in widespread protest. Investigates whether implementing anti-discrimination legislation will cost the government dearly.
Another bill killed
- Author:
- WITCHER Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.3.93, 1993, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government has killed off the Disabled Persons (Civil Rights) Bill, a bill which would have legally enforced civil rights for disabled people. The recent bill was the latest in a long line of similar private member's bills. Examines hope for the future.
A betrayal of trust
- Author:
- SUTTON Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.5.91, 1991, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Queries the Government's decision not to implement sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Disabled Persons Act 1986, whose mechanism for user-led assessment and choice in community care are in keeping with community care reforms.