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Labour conference: De Cordova calls for a ‘Labour alternative’ to universal credit

By John Pring on 27th September 2018 Category: Politics

Labour conference: De Cordova calls for a ‘Labour alternative’ to universal credit
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Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people has called on her party to come up with its own alternative to the government’s flawed universal credit benefit system. Marsha de Cordova (pictured) moved further this week than any of her shadow frontbench colleagues […]

Labour conference: Anger as party awards unions half of votes for disability elections

By John Pring on 27th September 2018 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Anger as party awards unions half of votes for disability elections
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Disabled members of the Labour party are angry that new plans to elect a disabled representative to a key party body will see half of the votes in the election given to unions. Members of the executive of Disability Labour, which […]

Lib Dem conference: Party anger over DPAC’s ‘don’t vote Lib Dem’ call

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Party anger over DPAC’s ‘don’t vote Lib Dem’ call
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Two leading disabled Liberal Democrats have criticised anti-cuts activists over their public call for disabled people not to vote for their party. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) published a high-profile message on social media this week during the party’s annual conference […]

Lib Dem conference: Lloyd backtracks on support for Duncan Smith

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Lloyd backtracks on support for Duncan Smith
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A Liberal Democrat MP who has supported Tory former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has admitted he gave him “more benefit of the doubt” than he should have done during the five years of the coalition government. Stephen Lloyd, […]

Autistic MP calls for change in equality laws to make parliament less hostile

By John Pring on 13th September 2018 Category: Politics

Autistic MP calls for change in equality laws to make parliament less hostile
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An autistic MP who has only been able to make two speeches in the main Commons chamber since being elected is calling for a change in equality laws to force the authorities to make parliament a more accessible place to work. […]

Disability Labour set for fresh start after angry scenes at agm

By John Pring on 13th September 2018 Category: Politics

Disability Labour set for fresh start after angry scenes at agm
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Disabled Labour activists have succeeded in a takeover of the organisation set up to build links between the party and the disability movement. During a heated annual general meeting (agm) of Disability Labour at a Leeds hotel on Saturday, the entire […]

Members raise concerns over Disability Labour’s ‘consistent failure’

By John Pring on 23rd August 2018 Category: Politics

Members raise concerns over Disability Labour’s ‘consistent failure’
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Disabled Labour activists have gone public with their concerns about the “consistent failure” of the organisation set up to build links between the party and the disability movement. They are set to call for major changes to Disability Labour at its […]

MPs launch probe into enforcement of Equality Act

By John Pring on 2nd August 2018 Category: Politics

MPs launch probe into enforcement of Equality Act
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A committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into the difficulties faced by disabled people and other protected groups who need to enforce their rights under the Equality Act. The Commons women and equalities committee said it was concerned that the […]

Global Disability Summit: Mordaunt retreats from UK’s ‘global leader on rights’ claims

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Politics

Global Disability Summit: Mordaunt retreats from UK’s ‘global leader on rights’ claims
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The international development secretary, Penny Mordaunt, has been forced to retreat from her government’s repeated claims that the UK is a “global leader in disability rights”. Her government has faced anger from the UK disabled people’s movement at its decision to […]

Global Disability Summit: McDonnell says government hosting summit is ‘height of hypocrisy’

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Politics

Global Disability Summit: McDonnell says government hosting summit is ‘height of hypocrisy’
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Labour’s shadow chancellor has described the UK government’s decision to co-host a Global Disability Summit – less than a year after its record on disability rights was dismantled by the United Nations – as “the height of hypocrisy”. John McDonnell, a […]

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