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Several senior ministers who will play key roles in disability policy over the next few months have kept their jobs under new prime minister Andy Burnham. Burnham’s decision to keep Pat McFadden in post as work and pensions secretary caused particular […]
Disabled campaigners have welcomed Andy Burnham’s first major policy decision – to temporarily scrap VAT on electricity bills – but say he must do much more to address disability poverty. In his first speech as prime minister, outside No 10 on […]
Disabled activists have expressed alarm at the decision by prime-minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham to appoint former work and pensions secretary James Purnell as his new chief of staff. Purnell, who was Labour’s work and pensions secretary for 16 months, from January 2008 […]
Andy Burnham’s record in engaging with disabled people’s organisations suggests he could end Labour’s “war on disabled people” if he becomes prime minister, but activists warned this week that “warm words will not be enough” to bring real change. Among Burnham’s […]
The minister for social security has admitted there are serious safety concerns with universal credit, following coroners’ reports that linked the working-age benefits system with the suicides of two disabled claimants. Sir Stephen Timms is the first minister of any political […]
Labour has dodged a promise made 12 months ago that it would produce a policy on whether it would reduce or scrap care charges if it wins power at the next general election. Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have secured a promise from Greater Manchester’s mayor that he will ask his party why it dropped a promise to implement the UN disability convention into UK law if it wins the next general election. Andy Burnham […]
A disabled activist has told a major conference of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) how a successful campaign to end discriminatory care charges in a London borough has led to powerful change in other key areas of independent living. Kevin Caulfield told […]
Disabled people’s organisations will gather next month for a crucial national conference that will discuss their policy demands ahead of the next general election. The conference is being organised by the two leading networks of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in England, […]
Disabled people are being “forgotten and effectively abandoned”, forced to rely on foodbanks, and having to cut back on how much they eat, because of the cost-of-living crisis, according to new research by 15 disabled people’s organisations in Greater Manchester. Disabled […]