Access to Elected Office Fund

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Lisney, Buxton, Hart and Brothers (and her guide dog) outside 10 Downing Street

May 24, 2018 0

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

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 government would provide “up to” £250,000 to assist disabled people with the additional

Activism and Campaigning

May 3, 2018 0

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 to a legal letter sent on behalf of three disabled politicians, Labour’s Emily

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Separate picture of David Buxton, Simeon Hart and Emily Brothers campaigning

April 12, 2018 0

Government faces legal action over election access fund

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Three disabled politicians have begun legal action against the government over its failure to reopen a fund that supported Deaf and disabled people with the extra costs of standing for election as MPs. Labour’s Emily Brothers, Liberal Democrat David Buxton and the Green party’s Simeon Hart say the government is breaching the Equality Act

Activism and Campaigning

Black and white picture of Lorraine Gradwell on the phone

March 8, 2018 0

New campaign to fight barriers to elected office is tribute to Lorraine Gradwell

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A new campaigning organisation – named after one of Manchester’s “finest civil rights campaigners” – will fight to remove the barriers to elected office faced by disabled people in the city. The Trust Lorraine Foundation (TLF) was launched in Manchester on Saturday by Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) and Breakthrough UK. It

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Marsha de Cordova, smiling, in front of a river, wearing a Labour rosette and holding a railing

July 6, 2017 0

New disabled MPs back fresh call to reopen access fund

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The two newest disabled MPs in the House of Commons have backed a call for the government to reopen a fund that helped politicians meet the disability-related costs they face when campaigning for election. Labour MPs Marsha de Cordova and Jared O’Mara have both sponsored an early day motion (EDM) which demands that the

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Kirstein Rummery head and shoulders, with hills in the background

May 25, 2017 0

Election 2017: Elected office access fund closure was ‘undemocratic tragedy’

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Disabled politicians seeking to become MPs say the government’s decision to stop providing funding to help with their extra campaigning costs has made it harder for them to be successful in next month’s general election. They have told Disability News Service (DNS) that the closure of the Access to Elected Office Fund (AEOF) was

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Front of a Scottish government building in Edinburgh

December 8, 2016

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Scottish government lays out 93 actions to help country meet UN obligations

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The Scottish government has described the 93 actions it believes will help Scotland meet its obligations under the UN disability convention, and address some of the harm caused to disabled people by the UK government’s “austerity economics” policies. It published its five-year plan, A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People, on the eve of the

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September 22, 2016

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Lib Dem conference: Party ‘needs to rebuild trust with disabled voters’

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The president of the Liberal Democrats has admitted that her party needs to rebuild trust among disabled people, after five years of coalition government ended with a shattering defeat at last year’s general election. Baroness [Sal] Brinton, herself a wheelchair-user, said she understood that many people, particularly those on the left, found the idea

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January 28, 2016

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MPs call on government to reopen fund for disabled politicians

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A cross-party group of MPs have called on the government to reopen a fund that provided financial support for disabled people who want to stand for election to parliament or local councils. The Access to Elected Office fund – which offered grants to disabled people to pay for their additional impairment-related costs in standing

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Simeon Hart signing in front of a screen

November 27, 2015

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‘Heartless’ decision to stop election access funding ‘is breach of UN convention’

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The government is making it harder for disabled politicians to stand for elected office by failing to renew a fund that paid for their disability-related campaign expenses, according to a candidate in next month’s parliamentary by-election. Simeon Hart (pictured), who is standing for the Green party in Oldham West and Royton, was the only

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