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The disabled Labour MP and former home secretary David Blunkett has announced that he is to leave parliament at the next election. Blunkett told local party members in a letter that, after 28 years as an MP, it was “by far […]
Disabled activists have attacked the government for failing to include any measures in this week’s Queen’s speech to address disability poverty, provide a right to independent living, or fix the coalition’s disastrous welfare reforms. The speech included references to 12 new […]
Plaid Cymru is the party that appears to have the strongest commitment to disability rights, in advance of next week’s elections to the European parliament. The Welsh nationalist party came out top in a survey of the seven biggest political parties […]
The minister for disabled people has been branded a coward after dodging a chance to meet disabled activists protesting about his decision to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Scores of campaigners, including ILF-users, gathered outside the Department for Work and […]
Labour shadow ministers have been accused of “paying lip service to disabled people”, after the party commissioned a report on breaking the link between disability and poverty and then refused to publicise its conclusions. The Disability and Poverty Taskforce was set […]
A future Labour government should make a “wise investment” in disabled people in order to break the link between disability and poverty, according to a new report for the party. The Disability and Poverty Taskforce was set up by Labour and […]
The Liberal Democrats have become the first major political party to endorse the idea of allowing MPs to job-share, a measure which would make it easier for many disabled people to stand for election. Disabled activists and other campaigners want parliament […]
The low turnout by MPs in last week’s debate on the WOW petition will damage efforts to persuade the public to engage with politics and politicians, according to the campaign’s organisers. Backbench MPs agreed to hold the debate – which focused […]
MPs have backed demands for the government to assess the true damage caused by its welfare reforms to the lives of disabled people, after an historic debate in the House of Commons. The debate was secured by the Labour MP John […]
Two Conservative ministers have refused to consider exempting disabled people from the “bedroom tax”, despite new research that suggests many are facing eviction from their homes. Lord Freud, the welfare reform minister, and Kris Hopkins, the housing minister, were giving evidence […]