December 2007

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The long journey

As World AIDS Day approaches, the chief executive of the National AIDS Trust talks to Katharine Quarmby about removing the stigma and discrimination faced by those living with HIV.

Remploy cuts back closure plans

Remploy, the provider of employment services to disabled people, has bowed to pressure from trades unions and halved the number of factories it is recommending to be closed

Equality 2025 holds first public meeting

Disabled people must pressurise the government to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, a conference heard on 12 November.

Lukewarm welcome for Queen's Speech

Disability organisations have cautiously welcomed measures in Gordon Brown’s first Queen’s Speech