• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advice/Information
  • About DNS
  • Subscribe to DNS
  • Advertise with DNS
  • Support DNS
  • Contact DNS

Disability News Service

the country's only news agency specialising in disability issues

  • Home
  • Independent Living
    • Arts, Culture and Sport
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Housing
    • Transport
  • Activism & Campaigning
  • Benefits & Poverty
  • Politics
  • Human Rights
You are here: Home / Archives for Mothin Ali

Mothin Ali

Greens sideline disabled people at annual conference

By John Pring on 8th October 2026 Category: Politics

Greens sideline disabled people at annual conference
Listen

The Green party has been unable to explain why it failed to use its “biggest ever party conference” in Brighton this week to promote any new policies aimed at addressing the many societal barriers facing disabled people. Analysis of the 12 […]

Reform UK and Tories silent after research shows their own supporters oppose cuts to disability benefits

By John Pring on 10th September 2026 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Reform UK and Tories silent after research shows their own supporters oppose cuts to disability benefits
Listen

Political parties that have spent years calling for cuts to spending on disabled people’s benefits have stayed silent in response to new research which shows the public have ignored their rhetoric and strongly oppose any such reductions. The research shows that […]

Greens show contrast with other major parties on disability cuts and refusal to stir up hostility to claimants

By John Pring on 9th October 2025 Category: Politics

Greens show contrast with other major parties on disability cuts and refusal to stir up hostility to claimants
Listen

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 […]

Primary Sidebar

On the left of the image are multiple heads of different colours - white, aqua, red, light brown, and dark green - all grouped together, then the words ‘Join our campaign for a decent life for Disabled people. Campaign for Disability Justice’
Image of front cover of The Department, showing a crinkled memo with the words 'Restricted - Policy. The Department. How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence. John Pring.' Next to the image is a red box with the following words in white: 'A very interesting book... a very important contribution to this whole debate' - Sir Stephen Timms, minister for social security and disability. plutobooks.com and the Pluto Press logo.

Access

Latest Stories

Whately appears to agree social security spending is not spiralling after all… as Tories plan £36 billion-a-year cuts

Shadow minister says parents don’t ‘game’ SEND system… but Kemi says disabled adults do ‘game’ the benefits system

Level boarding pledge in government strategy is welcomed, but railways bill amendments are still vital

DWP silent after Tory member of PIP review publishes report demanding child disability benefits are slashed

Access failures at Tory conference leave wheelchair-user suspended in mid-air for more than an hour

Ministers’ decision to slash accessible housing targets was ‘unprincipled’, but Timms says they were right

Greens sideline disabled people at annual conference

National accessibility standards are crucial for addressing transport barriers, Tories hear at conference

Tories discriminate against disabled editor by blocking DNS from receiving key information at conference

Free social care is coming… but only if you’re over 65, government confirms after Burnham speech

Readspeaker
Image of front cover of The Department, showing a crinkled memo with the words 'Restricted - Policy. The Department. How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence. John Pring.' Next to the image is a red box with the following words in white: 'A very interesting book... a very important contribution to this whole debate' - Sir Stephen Timms, minister for social security and disability. plutobooks.com and the Pluto Press logo.

Footer

The International Standard Serial Number for Disability News Service is: ISSN 2398-8924

  • Accessibility Statement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site map
  • Bluesky
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Threads
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2026 Disability News Service

Site development by A Bright Clear Web