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Mencap responds to claims that people with a learning disability should be able to work for less than minimum wage
Disability campaigner Rosa Monckton wrote an article in The Spectator which argued that people with a learning disability were being prevented from working because employers were required to pay minimum wage
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Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to National Audit Office report on progress to close inpatient units for people with a learning disability.
Todaythe National Audit Office published its report titled “Local support for people with a learning disability”
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NHS England must stop sending people with a learning disability to large institutions – Mencap response to Channel 4 Dispatches
Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to Channel 4’s Dispatches programme (broadcast Wed 1 March 10pm)
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Leading disability organisations stage 11th hour call for Government to halt cuts to disability benefits ahead of Budget
Open letter and protest arranged to oppose Government’s disability benefit cuts
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Government ‘billed’ by disability campaigners for planned cuts to disability benefits
Disabled people and MPs present giant invoice outside DWP and Treasury offices
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Mencap responds to Boxer David Hayes r-word outburst
At a press conference boxer David Haye used discriminatory and hateful language, describing rival Tony Bellow’s fans using the r-word during an angry outburst.
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Diversity at the Oscars: Disabled actors and organisations publish letter calling for more opportunities for actors with a learning disability
Just 12% of the public say they had seen someone with a learning disability in a film in the past year
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OkCupid finally removes discriminatory question after emotional video of people with a learning disability reacting to it
Dating site OkCupid refused to remove the question: ‘Would the world be a better place if people with low IQs were not allowed to reproduce?’ for almost a year
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One in three parents of a child with a learning disability is in a distressed relationship
Charities Relate, Relationships Scotland and Mencap call for increased support for families
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Mencap respond to Work and Pensions Committee Report on disability employment gap
Mencap is calling for cuts to Employment and Support Allowance to be immediately in light of Work and Pensions Committee Report stating concerns over Government evidence for the cut.
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75 organisations sign open letter calling for urgent Government action on social care funding crisis - Mencap statement
Mencap is supporting an open letter signed by 75 organisations from across the health and social care sector calling for the Government to urgently begin a cross-party process to find a long-term solution to the current crisis in funding
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1 in 4 disabled say they have been bullied at nightclubs or music concerts - Mencap urges music venues to help stop harassment of people with a learning disability
Almost 1/3 of young people with a learning disability have been afraid of staff at gigs and clubs
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