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The Conservative party is refusing to defend its record in government on disability issues, after declining invitations to take part in three national, disability-related election hustings. While the Tories’ coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, have put up leading politicians to defend […]
A Conservative election candidate has been caught out misleading disabled constituents about the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). A transcript of an election hustings event in Merton, south-west London, has been published which shows that the Conservative candidate Paul […]
The actions and words of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government as reported in 60 Disability News Service stories published over the 60 months of the coalition May 2010: Coalition plans for government: School inclusion fears realised The fears of inclusive education […]
The Green party has come out ahead of Labour and the Liberal Democrats after one of the first disability-related hustings of the general election campaign. There were also some early hints of disability-related policies that are likely to be included in […]
The prime minister has become the third senior Conservative figure in a week to refuse to say in front of television cameras whether his party plans to tax key disability benefits after the general election. David Cameron was asked by SNP […]
By John Pring, editor of Disability News Service It is fair to say that the Department for Work and Pensions is not disabled people’s favourite government department, but it is the one that Disability News Service (DNS) deals with most often. […]
Disabled people have asked the United Nations to investigate the government’s decision to shut down the Independent Living Fund (ILF). In a written complaint lodged this week, they say the decision to close ILF to new members in December 2010 – […]
A terminally-ill woman was told by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that she risked being charged with an “offence” and would lose part of her benefits if she used an insurance policy windfall to pay for her own funeral. […]
Four of the country’s nine specialist residential training colleges for disabled people are facing an uncertain future after the government announced a huge shake-up of specialist employability support. The contracting process, completed in less than 15 working days after years of […]
Campaigners have accused the Labour party of sharing the government’s appetite for segregating disabled children in special schools. Shadow minister Steve McCabe (pictured, right) was repeatedly criticised for Labour’s refusal to oppose the coalition’s policies on inclusive education, at a pre-election […]