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Deaf News: UK Government contests #WhereIsTheInterpreter, saying legal claim serves ‘no practical purpose’

February 9, 2021 by

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Lawyers acting on behalf of the UK Government have asked the High Court to reject a judicial review over #WhereIsTheInterpreter, […]

Deaf News: Concerns raised over COVID-19 vaccine communications

January 25, 2021 by

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Questions have been asked by politicians and campaigners around the accessibility of coronavirus vaccine information, as the UK Government continues […]

Deaf News: “Go find a bigger room!’ Women and Equalities chair slams Government’s failure to provide interpreter

January 21, 2021 by

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The chair of the House of Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee, Caroline Nokes, has criticised the UK Government’s decision to […]

Deaf News: PM challenged by MP over ‘shameful’ lack of BSL interpreter

January 13, 2021 by

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Boris Johnson has been grilled by MPs over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, including his failure to provide a […]

Deaf News: ‘No official decision’ taken on UK’s membership of the European Union of the Deaf

January 12, 2021 by

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A decision is yet to be taken on the United Kingdom’s future membership of the European Union of the Deaf […]

BREAKING: UK Government sued over lack of sign language interpreter at COVID briefings

December 18, 2020 by

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Legal proceedings have been launched against the Cabinet Office over its failure to provide a British Sign Language interpreter for […]

Deaf News: UK Government COVID guidance requires Year 9 reading age, report finds

December 16, 2020 by

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The “majority” of written government guidance on the coronavirus demands a Year 9 level of reading to understand it, a […]

Revealed: UK Government to fund BSL interpretation of COVID briefings on social media

December 11, 2020 by

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The Cabinet Office is to provide British Sign Language (BSL) access to future coronavirus briefings on its social media accounts, […]

Revealed: UK Government provided own BSL interpreter for vaccine briefing

December 9, 2020 by

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Downing Street has confirmed that it provided an online British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for its press conference on the […]

Deaf News: Deaf Child Worldwide not ‘immediately impacted’ by foreign aid cut, charity says

December 2, 2020 by

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The charity Deaf Child Worldwide, which supports deaf children in developing countries, has said their direct work won’t be immediately […]

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