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Disabled peers help defeat ‘manipulative’ bid to ‘open the door to assisted suicide’

By John Pring on 17th March 2022 Category: Politics

Disabled peers help defeat ‘manipulative’ bid to ‘open the door to assisted suicide’
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Four disabled peers have helped defeat attempts to hijack the government’s health and care bill and use it to secure a change in the law to legalise assisted suicide. The Conservative peer Lord Forsyth, a former secretary of state for Scotland, had proposed […]

Anger as Starmer says Labour is ‘the party of working people’

By John Pring on 10th March 2022 Category: Politics

Anger as Starmer says Labour is ‘the party of working people’
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Keir Starmer has caused anger among disabled activists – including within his own party – after declaring publicly that Labour is “the party of working people”. The Labour leader’s comment, in a speech to Scottish Labour’s annual conference, has reignited concerns […]

Thinktank launches disability politics report without revealing its own Tory links

By John Pring on 3rd March 2022 Category: Politics

Thinktank launches disability politics report without revealing its own Tory links
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A new disability policy thinktank has launched a report that calls for action to tackle the under-representation of disabled people in politics, but without revealing its own close links to the Conservative party. The Disability Policy Centre (DPC) describes itself as […]

Ministers break national strategy pledge by asking non-user-led charities to join taskforce

By John Pring on 3rd March 2022 Category: Politics

Ministers break national strategy pledge by asking non-user-led charities to join taskforce
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Ministers have broken a pledge made in their National Disability Strategy to set up a taskforce of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) that would help them access more government contracts, by allowing non-user-led charities to join the group. The strategy pledged last […]

Coffey’s ‘embarrassing’ performance before MPs as she ‘forgets’ key disability policies

By John Pring on 10th February 2022 Category: Politics

Coffey’s ‘embarrassing’ performance before MPs as she ‘forgets’ key disability policies
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey was accused of an “embarrassing” performance in front of MPs yesterday (Wednesday) after she was repeatedly forced to admit she could not remember key aspects of her government’s disability policies. Coffey (pictured) was appearing in […]

Peers accused of hijacking health bill to try to force through assisted suicide

By John Pring on 3rd February 2022 Category: Politics

Peers accused of hijacking health bill to try to force through assisted suicide
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A disabled peer has accused fellow members of the House of Lords of attempting to “hijack” the health and care bill in a bid to secure a change in the law that would legalise assisted suicide. The crossbench peer Baroness [Jane] […]

Government’s easing of COVID rules ‘is populist, dangerous and irresponsible’

By John Pring on 27th January 2022 Category: Politics

Government’s easing of COVID rules ‘is populist, dangerous and irresponsible’
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The government’s decision to ease COVID regulations is dangerous, populist and irresponsible, while ministers have forgotten those people who have spent much of the pandemic shielding from the virus, say disabled campaigners. There has been widespread alarm this week after the […]

Ministers have already broken six Disability Strategy pledges, just months after launch

By John Pring on 13th January 2022 Category: Politics

Ministers have already broken six Disability Strategy pledges, just months after launch
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The government has already broken at least six promises it made in last summer’s much-criticised National Disability Strategy, responses by various departments this week have confirmed. Analysis of the strategy, published last July, shows that at least six of the actions […]

Peer ‘makes new bid for assisted suicide legalisation’ through health and care bill

By John Pring on 6th January 2022 Category: Politics

Peer ‘makes new bid for assisted suicide legalisation’ through health and care bill
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The crossbench peer leading parliamentary efforts to end the ban on assisted suicide appears to be trying to use the government’s health and care bill to make a parallel bid to introduce legalisation. Baroness Meacher’s assisted dying bill is awaiting its […]

Concerns over new ‘Tory disability thinktank’ that claims to be independent

By John Pring on 9th December 2021 Category: Politics

Concerns over new ‘Tory disability thinktank’ that claims to be independent
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Disabled campaigners have raised concerns about a new disability policy thinktank that describes itself as “independent”, despite strong links to the Conservative party. The Disability Policy Centre says it is “dedicated to the improvement of public services and policy reform” and […]

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