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UK Government publishes National Disability Strategy

  • Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
  • Type: News Item
  • Published: 29th July 2021
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The new strategy sets out 100 commitments across employment, housing, and travel.

The UK Government has published its National Disability Strategy. Supported by £1.6 billion, the strategy sets out 100 commitments to improve the everyday lives of all disabled people across employment, housing, and travel.

The strategy sets out plans to consult on disability workforce reporting for businesses with over 250 staff, and to launch an online advice hub on disability discrimination and obligations around reasonable adjustments. £300 million will also be invested to make accessibility adaptations for children and young people with special educational needs. In relation to housing, accessibility requirements will be raised and existed homes adapted using the Disabled Facilities Grant. 10% of homes built through the Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26 will also be mandated be supported housing.

The strategy also sets out key actions to remove barriers to participating fully in public and civil life and wider society. These include:

  • Removing historic barriers to participation in public life, including bringing forward legislation so that deaf people who need a BSL interpreter can serve as jurors, and improving the voting experience for disabled people
  • Creating new public awareness campaigns to drive social change across the UK and increase understanding of disability
  • Improving access to justice by improving access to courts and legal support; supporting disabled victims and witnesses; and improving frontline staff’s understanding of neurodiversity

You can read the full strategy on the UK Government website (this link will take you away from our website).

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