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Disabled activists have explained why they needed to hold the government to account over its “sickening” and “degrading” cuts by protesting outside this week’s Conservative party conference in Manchester. The protest, organised by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), saw disabled people […]
An overall majority for the Conservatives, three party leaders quitting, David Cameron back in Downing Street, and a landslide for the SNP in Scotland. The response from many disabled people to the result of yesterday’s general election – once the scale […]
The actions and words of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government as reported in 60 Disability News Service stories published over the 60 months of the coalition May 2010: Coalition plans for government: School inclusion fears realised The fears of inclusive education […]
Four of the seven leading political parties have backed calls for all MPs to have constituency offices that are accessible to disabled people. Despite public announcements professing support for making it easier for disabled people to participate in politics, the Conservatives […]
The minister for disabled people has praised his government’s record on employing disabled people, with more than a quarter of a million more in work in the last year. Conservative Mark Harper said there were now more than three million disabled […]