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Delegates at the Labour conference listen to a speaker on the platform

September 28, 2017 0

Labour conference: Vote means party must rethink approach to social security cuts

A shadow cabinet member has supported calls by party members for Labour to come up with a stronger policy on reversing government cuts to social security spending. Debbie Abrahams spoke out after Labour’s annual conference in Brighton voted overwhelmingly to ask the party’s policy-making machinery to reconsider its approach to reversing the government’s latest

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Stephen Lloyd in front of a sign for the Liberal Democrat conference

September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: Disabled MP promises to ‘harry’ and ‘shame’ ministers

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A disabled Liberal Democrat MP has promised to “harry” and “shame” the government in parliament over its “shameful” record on disability rights. Stephen Lloyd, the party’s shadow work and pensions secretary, told Disability News Service (DNS) that he would use his own 25-year commitment to the social model – and his in-depth knowledge of

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Baroness Brinton, smiling, with Kate Green sitting nearby

August 24, 2017 0

Lib Dem frustration at lack of disability debate at conference

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Senior disabled figures in the Liberal Democrats have spoken of their frustration that the party is not set to debate key issues of concern to disabled people at its annual conference next month. Disability News Service (DNS) contacted key disabled party members after an analysis of the party’s conference agenda and directory showed there

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Chris Skidmore speaking in the House of Commons

August 10, 2017 0

Minister hears how to boost democratic involvement of disabled voters

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Disabled voters have told a minister what he should do to make it easier for them to take part in the democratic process. Disabled service-users and representatives of three Brighton charities met Chris Skidmore, the minister for the constitution, when he visited them this week as part of an ongoing national tour. The three

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Marsha de Cordova, smiling, in front of a river, wearing a Labour rosette and holding a railing

July 20, 2017 0

Disabled MP credits mainstream education for new parliamentary career

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A newly-elected disabled MP has said that she would never have been elected to parliament if her mother had not fought for her right to a mainstream education. Marsha de Cordova used part of her maiden speech to other MPs – during a debate on the scheduling of parliamentary business – to highlight the

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Jared O'Mara, flanked by a woman and a man, in front of a row of houses

July 13, 2017 0

Labour silent on access for disabled MP excluded from debates

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The Labour party has refused to say if it will take any action to support a newly-elected disabled MP who has been prevented from taking part in some House of Commons debates because of access barriers. Disability News Service (DNS) reported last week how Labour’s Jared O’Mara had been unable to attend a couple

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July 6, 2017 0

New disabled MP accuses government of ‘eugenics’

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A newly-elected disabled MP has accused the Conservative government of introducing policies inspired by “eugenics” in the hope that disabled people will “suffer and die”. Labour’s Jared O’Mara spoke out just weeks after beating former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to win the Sheffield Hallam seat and become one of just a handful of

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July 6, 2017 0

Disabled MP forced to miss Commons debates because he has nowhere to sit

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The parliamentary authorities should do far more to make the House of Commons accessible, according to a disabled MP who has faced a series of major barriers in his first weeks since being elected. Jared O’Mara, who has cerebral palsy, has had to rely on support from other Sheffield MPs to secure some of

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