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Labour has been praised by accessible transport campaigners for pledging to ban the practice of running train services without an on-board member of staff who can assist disabled passengers. The party promises in its manifesto – as part of its policy […]
The Brexit party has almost completely ignored disability issues in its election manifesto, with not a single mention of disabled people. The party’s general election offer to voters, which it insists is a “contract” rather than a manifesto, provides almost no […]
Transport ministers have quietly given permission to councils, schools and colleges to breach a key anti-discrimination law for at least two years, and possibly up to four… in the middle of the general election campaign. The decision by ministers to allow […]
A new lottery award is set to help young disabled people research and record the history of the disabled people’s movement in one of England’s biggest cities. The Forging Our Future project will see younger disabled people – aged between 16 […]
Many universities are still struggling with the idea of working closely with disabled people to co-produce disability research projects, according to a new study. The report, the latest to come from the user-led Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) […]
Disabled Liberal Democrats have sent a formal complaint to their own party after it failed to take disciplinary action against a general election candidate who admitted posting a string of disablist “jokes” on social media. The entire executive committee of the […]
Labour has accused successive Tory-led governments of forcing a million more people in families with disabled members into poverty over the last decade. In a new report, Labour highlights 10 areas in which successive Tory-led governments have failed on poverty as […]
The Liberal Democrats have refused to explain why they have omitted disabled people from key measures in their equalities manifesto. The equalities manifesto includes measures that address discrimination in the workplace, the criminal justice system and education, but they focus on […]
The Liberal Democrats have failed to offer a detailed policy on how they would reform care and support for working-age disabled people if they win the election, although they have pledged to reopen the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The manifesto failure […]
The Greens have become the first major party to pledge to introduce a solution to England’s social care crisis that has been devised by the disabled people’s movement, if it wins power at next month’s general election. The party says in […]