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A majority of Americans across nearly all demographic groups said DEI initiatives have made no impact on their personal careers, according to a newly released Harris Poll/Axios Vibes survey.

Why it matters: Republican lawmakers and activists have vilified DEI, a term for diversity, equity and inclusion policies used by employers. Companies have responded by rolling back programs.

• Yet Americans — and businesses — have a generally positive to at least indifferent view on the subject.
• On balance, most demographic groups were more likely to say DEI benefited their career than hindered it.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected 15 more drugs for Medicare price negotiation, announcing the selection two weeks ahead of schedule.

Administration officials did not share which drugs had been selected, only saying in a briefing that the 15 that had been chosen, combined with the 10 that have already been negotiated on, represent a third of Medicare Part D spending.

(Human Rights Watch)

Disabled experts who advised the Labour government on its ground-breaking Life Chances report – which was published 20 years ago on Sunday – say successive governments over the last 20 years have abandoned its ambitious goals.

The 20th anniversary of the report – which placed independent living at its heart – comes just days after the new Labour government announced further delays to long-term reform of the adult social care system in England.

Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People was widely viewed as a radical and ambitious report that had the language of rights embedded in its pages.

Influential disabled people played a key role in drafting the report, which used social model language and principles, and called for every local area to have its own user-led organisation modelled on centres for independent living (CILs).

Doug Paulley’s efforts have led to the ombudsman issuing what appears to be its highest-ever compensation award for a failure to provide assistance, opening the door to more generous payments for countless future disabled passengers.

He began his campaign because he was frustrated at the ombudsman’s failure to award a fair level of compensation to disabled passengers who had faced discrimination when trying to obtain passenger assistance on a rail journey.

The Met Police appear set to reverse a controversial move to block a protest outside the BBC over reporting on Gaza this Saturday. 

The demonstration, organised by the PalestineSolidarity Campaign, Stop the War and other anti-war groups, had been challenged by Jewish figures including the Chief Rabbi for taking place near to the Central Synagogue London on the Jewish day of rest, Shabbat. It is a four minute walk from the BBC’s HQ, New Broadcasting House in Westminster, though not directly on the planned march route.