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Labour is facing the real possibility of legal action over years of disability discrimination within the party, after reneging on plans to hold a national conference and set up a national committee of disabled members. The party’s national executive committee (NEC) […]
A disabled woman who fled a violent relationship says she was left without any income after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) refused to ease demands placed on her by its “abusive” universal credit system, and then stopped her payments. […]
A disabled woman has described how she was repeatedly denied permission to communicate with her work coach by telephone, thanks to the “barbarian” benefits systems run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Alana Cooper, from Preston, is one of […]
A whistleblower has spoken of her horror after learning how a disabled woman took her own life following pressure from the universal credit system, a few weeks after she warned such tragedies could happen. Last week, Disability News Service (DNS) reported […]
Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has refused to promise that his party will order a public inquiry into deaths linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if it wins power. Jonathan Ashworth avoided pledging that […]
Disabled campaigners have dismissed Labour’s claim that a review of its adult social care policy is being co-produced with disabled people. Despite promises from Labour that disabled people would work in partnership with the Fabian Society, the thinktank commissioned to carry […]
Labour’s leader has been accused by leading party activists of using “divisive rhetoric” and a “deliberate” failure to mention disabled people and others who are out of work in his main conference speech this week. Keir Starmer mentioned “working people” 25 […]
The Labour party will prioritise increasing the wages of care workers above the need to eliminate the charges disabled people are forced to pay for their social care, if it wins power at the next election. Wes Streeting, the shadow health […]
Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people has pledged that co-producing policy with disabled people and ensuring government communications are accessible will be her top priorities if her party wins power at the next general election. Vicky Foxcroft (pictured) said it would […]
Disabled activists have warned Labour that it faces possible legal action if it continues to refuse to act to end years of disability discrimination against party members. Senior figures in the party – including leader Keir Starmer, deputy leader Angela Rayner […]