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Labour government faces questions over why it stuffed access to elected office committee with Tories

By John Pring on 12th June 2025 Category: Politics

Labour government faces questions over why it stuffed access to elected office committee with Tories
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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 […]

MP warns prime minister his social care delays risk reform being ‘kiboshed’ at next general election

By John Pring on 10th April 2025 Category: Independent Living

MP warns prime minister his social care delays risk reform being ‘kiboshed’ at next general election
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The prime minister has been warned by a senior MP that his decision to delay reform of adult social care in England risks Labour’s plans being “kiboshed” at the next general election. Sir Keir Starmer was appearing in front of the […]

DWP is broken and needs to be scrapped and replaced, say Liberal Democrats

By John Pring on 6th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP is broken and needs to be scrapped and replaced, say Liberal Democrats
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The Liberal Democrats have called for the “completely broken” Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to be scrapped and replaced with a new department that is “more supportive and inclusive” for benefit claimants. The call has come from Steve Darling, one […]

Labour assembly members reject plan for disability equality champion for London, despite previous backing

By John Pring on 27th February 2025 Category: Politics

Labour assembly members reject plan for disability equality champion for London, despite previous backing
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Labour politicians have rejected plans put forward by a disabled people’s organisation that would have created a disability equality champion for London, despite backing the idea last year. The plans were drawn up by the disabled people’s organisation (DPO) Inclusion London and Liberal […]

DWP is ‘broken and not fit for purpose’, says disabled MP

By John Pring on 6th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP is ‘broken and not fit for purpose’, says disabled MP
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A disabled MP has warned the government that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is “broken” and “not fit for purpose”, and that major changes to the social security system need to be co-designed with disabled people and benefit claimants. […]

Lib Dem conference: Government ‘should consider criminalising disability discrimination’, says disabled MP

By John Pring on 19th September 2024 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Government ‘should consider criminalising disability discrimination’, says disabled MP
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One of parliament’s new disabled MPs has suggested that the government should consider criminalising disability discrimination, because of the difficulty disabled people face in enforcing the Equality Act. Liberal Democrat Steve Darling was speaking to Disability News Service (DNS) at his […]

Lib Dem conference: Party pushes for assisted suicide despite concerns over lack of ‘watertight’ safeguards

By John Pring on 19th September 2024 Category: Human Rights

Lib Dem conference: Party pushes for assisted suicide despite concerns over lack of ‘watertight’ safeguards
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Legalising assisted suicide is “the next great Liberal reform”, party members have been told, as the Liberal Democrats appear set to try to force through a change in the law in the coming months, despite continuing concerns over safeguards. Despite significant […]

Lib Dem conference: Party ‘must campaign to save social care and NHS like our lives depend on it’

By John Pring on 19th September 2024 Category: Independent Living

Lib Dem conference: Party ‘must campaign to save social care and NHS like our lives depend on it’
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The Liberal Democrats’ deputy leader has told her party to campaign to save social care and the NHS “like our lives depend on it”. Daisy Cooper told her party’s annual conference that good health and social services “transform people’s lives” and […]

Lib Dem conference: Rising star calls on their party to ‘walk the walk’ on disability

By John Pring on 19th September 2024 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Rising star calls on their party to ‘walk the walk’ on disability
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A disabled rising star in the Liberal Democrats has spoken of their plans to ensure their party does more to draw on the creativity and unique contribution that disabled people can make to politics. Among their plans, Katharine Macy is hoping […]

Election hustings candidates invent disability policies, days before general election

By John Pring on 27th June 2024 Category: Politics

Election hustings candidates invent disability policies, days before general election
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A series of election candidates have been caught inventing party policy in front of an audience of disabled people, at a disability hustings event held just days before the general election. The event in Bristol was organised by five disabled people’s […]

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