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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has called for the social care system to do more to “empower” disabled people, but without stating what policies his party would introduce to achieve this if it won power at the next general election. Davey […]
The Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesperson has pledged to do more to highlight that spending on social security is stable, so he can challenge right-wing politicians who claim it is spiralling out of control. Steve Darling told Disability News Service […]
The disability minister has refused to apologise after misleading MPs about concerns over nearly £2 billion in new cuts to disability benefits. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has added to these transparency concerns by itself providing misleading information about […]
The Green Party is set to continue to contrast its policy approach on disability with other political parties by supporting disabled people who rely on benefits and have already experienced years of austerity cuts. The newly-elected leader of the Green Party […]
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has whipped up hostility towards disabled people by suggesting there is widespread fraud among claimants of personal independence payment (PIP), despite his own work and pensions spokesperson linking similar unfounded attacks to the far right. […]
The Liberal Democrats are set to try to use the government’s new Hillsborough Law to force the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release secret reports into the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. For years, the department has refused to […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused of an “absolutely shameful” cover-up, after refusing to release documents that should show why disabled people across the country have faced cuts to their Access to Work support. Disabled campaigners have […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is “dysfunctional” and needs to be the subject of a major review, according to the disabled MP who speaks for the Liberal Democrats on work and pensions. Steve Darling said his first year as […]
Senior Liberal Democrat MPs have insisted they are still committed to social care reform and want to move towards eliminating all care charges, despite the party saying little or nothing about the issue during its annual conference this week. Liberal Democrat […]
The Labour government has refused to explain why more than a third of the members of a new steering group that will target the barriers to elected office faced by disabled people have close links to the Conservative party. Nearly a […]