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Today marks one year since the British Sign Language (BSL) Advisory Board first met to advise the Government on key issues impacting BSL users in the Deaf community.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Disability Unit is recruiting disability experts in the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber to be chairs of its Regional Stakeholder Network.
New GCSE will be the first of its kind and will teach students how to communicate through sign language.
Statement by Minister Pursglove at the UN General Assembly Debate on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP16).
Today [11 May] the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work highlighted the importance of sport bringing people together as he attended a new international championship for disabled golfers.
Speaking at the British Deaf Association’s BSL Conference, the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Tom Pursglove MP, has appointed 16 members to the new British Sign Language (BSL) Advisory Board, which will advis…
The Regional Stakeholder Network gives disabled people across the UK a stronger voice.
The Government’s Disability Unit is recruiting disability experts in the East of England and Yorkshire and the Humber to be chairs of its Regional Stakeholder Network.
The Minister for Disabled People, Tom Pursglove, has today appointed Craig Crowley MBE FRSA as co-chair of the new British Sign Language (BSL) Advisory Board, which will advise the government on key issues impacting the Deaf…
Around 6 million disabled people in the UK will receive their one-off £150 disability Cost of Living payment from 20 September, the government has confirmed today.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A new £7.6 million government initiative has been launched to help over 2,000 adults with learning disabilities and autism move into work.
Minister for Disabled People, Chloe Smith, launches recruitment for the British Sign Language Advisory Board.
Nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists and physiotherapists can now certify and issue fit notes in addition to doctors.
Minister for Disabled People, Chloe Smith delivers roundtable intervention at Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Chloe Smith delivers the UK statement at the 15th Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
New legislation to allow a wider range of healthcare professionals to certify fit notes has been introduced by the UK government to ease pressure on GPs. This legislation change applies across England, Scotland and Wales.
On Wednesday 18th May 2022, Minister for Disabled People Chloe Smith gave a speech to open a Disability Confident Jobs Fair at Hillman Street Jobcentre Plus.
The government’s goal to see one million more disabled people in work has been reached, the latest official figures show.
Fast-track benefit access to be extended to those nearing the end of their life on Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Attendance Allowance (AA).
Tens of thousands of British Sign Language (BSL) users are anticipating a momentous day today as a Bill that will see BSL become a recognised language in Britain is expected to clear its final hurdle on the way to becoming l…
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