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A Tory MP has accused independent living equipment providers of “profiteering” by charging “eye-watering” prices, and described his frustration at failing to persuade Asda – a previous employer – to launch a range of cut-price disability aids. Philip Davies told a […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted making no effort to collect – or learn the lessons from – reports of disabled people whose deaths have been linked to the withdrawal or non-payment of disability benefits. The admission came […]
The Labour leader Ed Miliband has shocked and upset disabled activists within his own party by making a disablist “joke” about being taken away “by the men in white coats”. They said they feared that such a “graphic” image would only […]
Labour leader Ed Miliband has delivered another snub to disabled people, after delivering an hour-long speech to his party’s annual conference without mentioning them once. During his much-criticised speech, Miliband found time to mention young people, older people, businesses, entrepreneurs, charities, […]
Labour’s shadow health secretary has talked again about his vision for a fully integrated health and social care system, but without providing any details of how this would be achieved. Andy Burnham told a receptive audience at the party’s annual conference […]
Two groups of activists helped ensure that the voices of disabled people were heard by MPs and shadow ministers during this week’s Labour party conference. In contrast to previous party conferences, where fringe meetings have usually been dominated by charity lobbyists, […]
A shadow minister has pledged that a Labour government would do more to help disabled people into work, but warned that changes to the system of employment support would have to be “incremental”. Her comments and those of other shadow ministers […]
The Labour party has been told by its own activists that it must do much more to make its own policies and procedures accessible, after a string of access failures at its annual party conference. Disabled party members described problems with […]
Labour has chosen just three new disabled candidates to fight seats at the next general election, but is still refusing to accept it has a problem with selecting disabled people to run for elected office, conference delegates have heard. A fringe […]
At least 150,000 disabled people have been waiting longer than four months for the government to decide on their claims for the coalition’s new disability benefit, new official figures suggest. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show that about […]