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Disabled people are back “in the firing line” on spending cuts, activists have warned, following a trio of decisions announced by Labour’s new chancellor, Rachel Reeves, this week. Reeves told MPs on Monday that there would be cuts to social care […]
The Cabinet Office has refused to release information that would confirm how little the last government was planning to spend on its much-criticised short-term plan that it claimed would improve disabled people’s lives. The plan, which contained 32 actions across 14 […]
The first king’s speech of the new government has confirmed fears that Labour has no immediate plans to address the social care crisis or to take other decisive action on disability rights. Although some of the new bills announced yesterday (Wednesday) […]
A senior MP with decades of social security experience has been appointed as the new minister with overall responsibility for disability issues, and has pledged to ensure “disabled people’s views and voices are at the heart of all we do”. Although […]
One of at least three new disabled MPs to be elected to parliament at this month’s general election says she hopes to help address the “depressing and unhappy legacy” left to disabled people by 14 years of Conservative-led governments. Dr Marie […]
After six days in which disabled adults were ignored in a series of announcements from the new government, Labour’s work and pensions secretary has this morning launched an attack on the “unacceptable” number of people on out-of-work benefits. In its first […]
The new House of Commons looks set for a small increase in its disability representation, with at least three new disabled MPs winning seats in last week’s general election. Of the 650 MPs elected last week, there may now be at […]
The new government has yet to announce who will be Labour’s minister for disabled people, but the decision not to appoint Vicky Foxcroft to the post has set back relations with significant parts of the disabled people’s movement. Foxcroft, who has […]
Campaigners have welcomed election defeats for a series of former Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ministers, while also expressing disappointment that three of the most unpopular figures from the last 14 years managed to survive the Labour landslide. There was […]
Up to 14 current and former disability ministers, employment ministers and work and pensions secretaries could lose their seats at tomorrow’s election, giving disabled voters the chance to “punish” them for 14 years of cuts, misery, and countless deaths. Of the […]