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Disabled activists have pledged to use direct action protests to “put a stake through the heart” of the idea that disabled people can be used as scapegoats and “whipping boys” in the run-up to general elections. At an emergency meeting of […]
Disabled activists have announced a fightback against a series of “horrific” government social security reforms and have called for “active resistance” to the plans, starting with a national day of action and a protest in London early next month. A meeting […]
Labour has called for an urgent government investigation into a “devastating” dossier of evidence that suggests the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is “in a state of crisis” and faces a “near collapse” of its benefits system. Evidence submitted to […]
Disabled activists and allies came together in parliament this week to call for an end to the degrading treatment, dehumanisation and even torture that young disabled people are subjected to in institutional care settings. Members of the End Torture of Disabled […]
The “aggressive attitude” on benefit sanctions that was taken by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the coalition years of 2013 to 2015 is “back with a vengeance”, MPs have been warned. A debate on DWP’s policy on benefit […]
Disabled activists, politicians, family and friends have paid tribute to Roger Lewis, a dedicated and much-loved activist who played a key role in the disabled people’s anti-cuts movement over the last decade, and who died this week. A string of fellow […]
A disabled councillor has described how the lack of support from the disability benefits system and the removal of the right to contribute to meetings remotely have stalled her political career. Blossom Gottlieb was elected as a Green councillor to East […]
Labour has been accused of showing “contempt” for autistic and other neurodivergent party members, after ignoring proposals they submitted as part of a policy development process. A summary of the neurodiversity manifesto that was put together by members of Neurodivergent Labour […]
Disabled people will only end the oppression they have experienced over the last decade by getting involved in grassroots activism, according to one of the most significant figures in the development of the social model of disability. Professor Colin Barnes, founder […]
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 […]