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Government blames coronavirus crisis for closure of elected office fund

By John Pring on 2nd April 2020 Category: Politics

Government blames coronavirus crisis for closure of elected office fund
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The government has blamed the coronavirus crisis for its decision to close a temporary fund that was set up to support disabled people with the extra costs of running for political office. One disabled politician has described the permanent closure of […]

Minister makes second U-turn over elected office support

By John Pring on 12th March 2020 Category: Politics

Minister makes second U-turn over elected office support
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The government has performed a second U-turn in two months as it finally agreed to extend support to disabled politicians who need help with the extra costs of standing in May’s local elections. The temporary EnAble fund, which provides support to […]

Tories refused to answer access questions in letter from their own equalities minister

By John Pring on 20th February 2020 Category: Politics

Tories refused to answer access questions in letter from their own equalities minister
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Successive chairs of the Conservative party snubbed a request from their own equalities minister, after she asked them to explain how they intended to support more disabled people to become MPs and councillors. Penny Mordaunt (pictured) wrote last April to the […]

Confusion over government’s policy on election access support

By John Pring on 23rd January 2020 Category: Politics

Confusion over government’s policy on election access support
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Government policy on supporting disabled candidates to stand for elected office is in chaos after the Cabinet Office suggested it could offer funding to those standing to be police and crime commissioners (PCC), but not potential local councillors. One Deaf Labour […]

Government ‘discriminating’ by refusing to meet disability costs of election candidates

By John Pring on 7th November 2019 Category: Politics

Government ‘discriminating’ by refusing to meet disability costs of election candidates
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The government has been accused of discriminating against disabled people standing at next month’s general election – and breaching the UN disability convention – by refusing to fund any of their disability-related campaign spending. The refusal of the Government Equalities Office […]

Failure to fund access costs of general election candidates is ‘denial of democracy’

By John Pring on 22nd August 2019 Category: Politics

Failure to fund access costs of general election candidates is ‘denial of democracy’
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Disabled politicians preparing to contest the general election likely to be called within months will be hit hard by the government’s refusal to fund their disability-related campaign spending, a Deaf parliamentary candidate has warned. Kerena Marchant, who uses British Sign Language […]

New access fund helps nearly 20 disabled politicians win council seats

By John Pring on 16th May 2019 Category: Politics

New access fund helps nearly 20 disabled politicians win council seats
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A new fund to support disabled candidates who want to stand for elected office helped 19 disabled people win seats on local councils at this month’s elections. The EnAble Fund for Elected Office only went live in January, handing out 42 […]

UN day of disabled people: Temporary election access fund ‘must be just a first step’

By John Pring on 6th December 2018 Category: Politics

UN day of disabled people: Temporary election access fund ‘must be just a first step’
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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 […]

Trio of disabled politicians welcome ‘partial victory’ on Access to Elected Office Fund

By John Pring on 24th May 2018 Category: Politics

Trio of disabled politicians welcome ‘partial victory’ on Access to Elected Office Fund
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Three disabled politicians are welcoming a “partial victory” over the government, after a minister announced 12 months’ worth of new funding to support disabled candidates who want to stand for elected office. Women and equalities minister Penny Mordaunt announced that the […]

Campaign’s legal threat forces government pledge on election access fund decision

By John Pring on 3rd May 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Campaign’s legal threat forces government pledge on election access fund decision
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The government is finally set to publish a long-awaited review of a fund that supported Deaf and disabled people with the extra costs of standing for election but has been closed for the last three years. The announcement came in response […]

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