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A new Labour party “campaigning bible” is likely to concern disabled activists after the 24-page document failed to mention disability, social care or accessible transport and housing, but mentioned “working people” 18 times. The document (PDF) was sent out to Labour […]
Changes voted through by Labour at its annual conference this week have further marginalised disabled people within the party, activists have warned. Because of the changes to the party’s constitution, constituency Labour parties (CLPs) now need to have permission from the […]
Labour has promised to govern by co-producing its policies with disabled people, if it wins the next general election. Following criticism of the party’s decision to leave out key disability rights policies from the report that will form the core of […]
The shadow minister for disabled people has pledged at a public rally that a Labour government would hold an inquiry into the deaths of disabled people that have been linked to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failings. It is the […]
Disabled voters will tomorrow make the Conservatives pay for what they have done to them over the last decade of austerity, Labour’s shadow chancellor has told a rally of party activists. John McDonnell told the pre-election rally of disabled Labour supporters […]
Five political parties have made their final pitches to potential disabled voters on the eve of tomorrow’s general election. Disability News Service (DNS) asked the Conservatives, the Green party, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the SNP to explain in […]
The Conservative party wants the UK to follow America into becoming a “dog-eat-dog culture” where there is no support for disabled people, a comedian and activist has told a pre-election rally. Francesca Martinez, who was speaking at a rally of disabled […]
Labour has committed itself to moving back towards an inclusive education system if it wins power in tomorrow’s general election (Thursday). The pledge was made by Marsha de Cordova, the party’s shadow minister for disabled people, at a pre-election rally of […]
A senior Tory minister has admitted she believes that the government’s long-awaited green paper on adult social care does not actually exist. The government has been promising to publish the green paper, which would lay out plans for addressing the adult […]
A company paid to assess disabled people’s fitness for work was put under “immense pressure” by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to find claimants ineligible for out-of-work disability benefits, official records have revealed. DWP has insisted for years that […]