Tomlinson silent after ‘lying’ to MPs about benefits freeze
A minister has failed to apologise after he was caught misleading an influential committee of…
Browsing: austerity
MPs hear of ‘despair’ of austerity’s victims in second WOW debate
The experiences of disabled people whose lives have been devastated by austerity-related cuts were discussed…
UN poverty report: Newton refuses to apologise for misleading MPs about report
The minister for disabled people is refusing to apologise to MPs for misleading them about…
UN expert tells of disabled people’s ‘horrendous’ evidence on poverty
The UN expert investigating the government’s record on eradicating poverty has described how he has…
‘Chaotic’ universal credit led to disabled man’s death, sister tells UN poverty expert
A UN expert has heard how a man with learning difficulties died a month after…
Exhibition chronicles six years of fighting back on austerity and discrimination
A new exhibition is charting how artists have fought back against attacks on disabled people’s…
Labour conference: Fringes hear call for ideas on how to resist years of oppression
Disabled Labour supporters have described some of the ways in which left-wing activists could push…
UK wants to promote its disability policies to rest of the world, says Mordaunt
The minister for disabled people has dismissed a damning UN report on her government’s disability…
New disabled MP accuses government of ‘eugenics’
A newly-elected disabled MP has accused the Conservative government of introducing policies inspired by “eugenics”…
Crossbench disabled peer calls for an end to austerity, and the misery it has caused
A crossbench disabled peer has called for an end to government-led austerity and the “personal…