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Disabled activists have responded with resignation after the government appointed another “shoddy, shameless” minister for disabled people. The new minister, Justin Tomlinson, previously held the post between May 2015 and July 2016, before he was sacked in a government reshuffle. Now […]
The government has given no indication of when – or even if – it intends to appoint a replacement for the minister for disabled people, Sarah Newton, who resigned last week over Brexit. Nearly a week after Newton’s resignation, no replacement […]
The chancellor has ignored repeated calls for the government to take urgent steps to ease the social care funding crisis and other impacts of austerity on disabled people, as he delivered his spring statement. Hammond’s statement yesterday (Wednesday) was overshadowed by […]
A disabled politician has described the equality training given to fellow councillors as “a joke” after a Liberal Democrat rival was forced to apologise for posting a message on social media that accused him of using his impairment for political purposes. […]
A disabled MP has spoken of her pride at being able to speak openly about being dyspraxic, after having to hide her diagnosis from employers for years before she entered parliament. Emma Lewell-Buck (pictured) was previously a social worker but was […]
A cross-government group of ministers set up to “encourage and stimulate progress” towards the inclusion of disabled people in society met just three times before it was scrapped, the government has been forced to admit. Information released by the Department for […]
The minister for disabled people has been unable to explain why she failed to make any public statement to support disabled people’s battle for rights on the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). It is the second year in […]
A disabled shadow minister told activists she was on the verge of tears after House of Commons authorities provided them with an inaccessible meeting room for an event being held to celebrate the UN’s international day of disabled people. Marsha de […]
The government has finally launched a new temporary fund that will support disabled candidates who want to stand for elected office, but only for the next 15 months. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) said the EnAble “interim” fund would provide £250,000 […]
Esther McVey has quit as work and pensions secretary without answering questions she was asked by MPs four months ago about whether her department covered up links between its hated fitness for work test and the deaths of benefit claimants. McVey […]