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Deaf News: Disability Minister agrees to take up deaf issues in meeting with Sir Malcolm Bruce and deaf organisations

October 24, 2013 by

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We’ve had this press release in from the office of Sir Malcolm Bruce MP: Sir Malcolm Bruce MP met with […]

Communication Support Bill due in Parliament tomorrow – but will MPs have the time to debate it?

October 24, 2013 by

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Tomorrow, Sir Malcolm Bruce’s Communication Support (Deafness Bill) is due to be debated in Parliament. Friday’s session is devoted entirely […]

Deaf News: Communication Support Bill published as deaf campaign reaches crucial point

October 15, 2013 by

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It’s the Bill you’ve all been waiting for (at the bottom of the article). Here is the Communications Support (Deaf People) […]

Ian Noon: Tell your MP to turn up for the debate on deaf children’s education

October 14, 2013 by

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After 18 months of campaigning and 50,000+ petition signatures, MPs have agreed that concerns over cuts to funding to support […]

Andy Palmer: How Miliband and Cameron could be pursuaded to do more for deaf people

September 26, 2013 by

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‘Cameron and Miliband both pledge better communication rights for deaf people’. It’s a fantasy headline but could become reality. Deaf […]

Deaf News: Motion calling for recognition of BSL as an official UK language passed at Liberal Democrat party conference

September 17, 2013 by

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Following a debate this morning at the Liberal Democrat party conference, the Liberal Democrats today passed the policy Recognising a Legal […]

Deaf News: Sir Malcolm Bruce, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness, to stand down from Parliament

September 2, 2013 by

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Liberal Democrat MP Sir Malcolm Bruce has announced that he will stand down from Parliament at the next general election. […]

Deaf News: Deaf and hard of hearing council election candidates urged to apply for financial support

February 20, 2013 by

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It’s about time we had more deaf and hard of hearing people in politics, isn’t it? Well, if you are […]

William Mager: Lord Jack Ashley of Stoke – The Measure of the Man

December 5, 2012 by

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F Scott Fitzgerald once wrote: ‘There are no second acts in American lives.”He never met Jack Ashley, an Englishman who […]