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Judge accuses DWP of trying to hide compensation settlement made to discriminated men

“You are the government, and we should know what you are doing and what you are spending.” This is what High Court Judge Justice Lewis said when ordering the Department for Work and Pensions  – DWP to disclose details of a compensation settlement made to two men the High Court ruled were unlawfully discriminated against because of their disability.

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Penny Mordaunt heads Global Disability Summit despite always voting to cut disability benefits.

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McVey begs think tank for ideas to rescue Universal Credit and ‘bars’ BBC from speech

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A win for equality as Tesco and Shell agree to improve help for disabled drivers at the pump

I can confirm that both Shell and Tesco have confirmed that they are going to work to improve the assistance available to disabled drivers at their petrol stations. A major improvement planned is to ensure that all their filling stations are signed up to the FuelService Scheme

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Are petrol stations failing disabled customers?

For me, filling my car up is something I actively tried to avoid, usually taking someone with me if I can. Whilst service stations owners are keen to say that they offer help disabled customers, in reality it’s a different story.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg Prime Minister by proxy?

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Weak Theresa May now attempting to start MPs Summer recess early to avoid leadership challenge

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Disgraced Tory MP Andrew Griffiths and his sick views

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UK Supermarkets discriminate against the poor

Having been contacted by a friend who found they couldn’t afford the minimum payment for an online shop, I’ve decided to look into the supermarket policies that are discriminating against the poor and disadvantaged in the UK.

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Tory MP Michael Fabricant retweets Islamophobic tweet of London Mayor Sadiq Khan – Calls for his suspension grow

Just days after daring the US to shoot down the Donald Trump baby blimp, Tory MP Michael Fabricant retweets what I am calling “a blatant islamophobic” tweet referring to London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

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Dominic Raab attempts to mislead MPs & what’s in thy ‘hallowed’ Brexit white paper?

New Brexit Secretary Dominic Rabb has already tried to pull the wool over the eyes of MPs by not giving them prior access to the governments white paper before he addressed parliament on it. Is this a sign of things to come?

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Tories slither in to save McVey from being sanctioned.

The Tories today broke their unofficial stance of mainly ignoring opposition day debates, to swoop in and save Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey from being ‘sanctioned.’

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Dominic Raab’s views and why we should be worried.

With the departure of David Davis as Brexit secretary, Theresa May has appointed Dominic Rabb to replace him. But what are the views of the man who once worked for one of the Palestinian negotiators of the Oslo Accords?

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