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Disabled Labour activists say they have seen some early signs of improvement in the way the party works with them on disability equality, in the two months since Andy Burnham became prime minister. Disability News Service reported last year how senior […]
A disabled MP has revealed how he twice faced discrimination in less than 24 hours after arriving in Brighton for his party’s annual conference this week. Steve Darling, who is registered blind and has an assistance dog, was failed by the […]
A leading London Liberal Democrat has accused the public body that runs the capital of having “absolutely no idea” how to co-produce policy with disabled people. Hina Bokhari, leader of the Liberal Democrats on the London Assembly, was speaking at her […]
Twice as many disabled MPs voted against a bill that would have legalised assisted suicide in England and Wales as those that voted in favour, according to calculations by Disability News Service. A parliamentary debate ended with 286 MPs voting against […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in the capital say the mayor of London’s first disability action plan is only a “starting point” in improving life for disabled Londoners, but that it is now crucial to “turn those commitments into reality”. DPOs and […]
Reform UK’s equalities policy is mired in confusion this week after the party’s equalities spokesperson – former Tory home secretary Suella Braverman – appeared to perform a major U-turn in comments to Disability News Service (DNS). There was a furious reaction […]
Disability News Service (DNS) has been blocked by Conservative head office from receiving any of the party’s press releases or even submitting media requests. The move appears to have followed a series of factually-correct DNS news stories highlighting misleading announcements by […]
Several senior ministers who will play key roles in disability policy over the next few months have kept their jobs under new prime minister Andy Burnham. Burnham’s decision to keep Pat McFadden in post as work and pensions secretary caused particular […]
The minister leading the review into personal independence payment (PIP) has told fellow MPs that there “may well be reductions” in spending on the disability benefit after the government publishes its final report later this year. Sir Stephen Timms was speaking […]
The Conservative party is refusing to say who has been appointed to lead a “landmark” review of disability benefits or to provide any details of how they will engage with disabled people, more than three weeks after it was launched. Shadow […]