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Anti-cuts activists are to hire a mobile video screen that will give disabled people the chance to tell members of the Conservative party attending their annual conference what they think of the government’s “appalling” breaches of their rights. Manchester Disabled People […]
Labour’s shadow ministers for disability and equalities have refused to comment on the party’s continuing failure to address the discrimination faced by its own disabled members. Both Vicky Foxcroft, the shadow minister for disabled people, and Marsha de Cordova, the shadow […]
A cross-party House of Lords committee has criticised the government for its “objectionable” failure to bring into force key anti-discrimination measures that became law more than a decade ago. The Lords liaison committee said ministers had also failed to use their […]
Only a tiny proportion of the views expressed by the thousands of disabled people who took part in the government’s national disability survey have been read by a minister or civil servant, a freedom of information response suggests. The new information […]
The Labour chair of the committee tasked with holding the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to account has been accused of “total hypocrisy” after accepting a high-profile appointment from the government. Stephen Timms, who chairs the cross-party Commons work and […]
Disabled activists are hoping to make some noise when they raise concerns about imminent cuts to universal credit in their first direct action since the start of the pandemic. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is hoping its #AudioRiot protest in central […]
The government’s new National Disability Strategy – which promises to bring about “practical and lasting change” – has promised just 29.5p in new funding for every disabled person in the UK. Analysis by Disability News Service (DNS) has shown the government […]
New analysis of the government’s National Disability Strategy has exposed its lack of bold initiatives and new funding, and has revealed how ministers have padded it out with scores of consultations, reviews and vague pledges. Many of the commitments included in […]
Labour’s deputy leader has failed to explain what has happened to the promise she made 17 months ago that she would address the discrimination faced by disabled people in her party. Angela Rayner pledged to tackle the many barriers disabled party […]
A major international disability rights campaign, launched today ahead of the Tokyo Paralympics, will be run and controlled by disabled people, the two international organisations spearheading the programme have promised. WeThe15* is backed by a coalition of 20 international organisations from […]