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Anger as Starmer says Labour is ‘the party of working people’

By John Pring on 10th March 2022 Category: Politics

Anger as Starmer says Labour is ‘the party of working people’
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Keir Starmer has caused anger among disabled activists – including within his own party – after declaring publicly that Labour is “the party of working people”. The Labour leader’s comment, in a speech to Scottish Labour’s annual conference, has reignited concerns […]

Labour conference: Party chief pledges to put an end to disability discrimination

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Party chief pledges to put an end to disability discrimination
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Labour’s general secretary has promised that he will put an end to the years of discrimination experienced by disabled party members. David Evans, the party’s general secretary since last year, told a Disability Labour fringe meeting that he would personally ensure […]

Labour conference: Concern over Starmer’s ‘hard-working families first’ pledge

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Concern over Starmer’s ‘hard-working families first’ pledge
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Disabled Labour activists have raised concerns about their leader’s promise to “always put hard-working families and their priorities first”, and his failure to mention disabled people, in a 12,000-word essay published on the eve of his party’s annual conference. The essay […]

Pressure builds on Labour after free social care ‘betrayal’

By John Pring on 1st July 2021 Category: Politics

Pressure builds on Labour after free social care ‘betrayal’
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Labour has been accused of betraying disabled people after a senior shadow minister told a meeting that calling for free social care would just “give the Tories a stick to beat Labour with”. There has been widespread anger among disabled people […]

Frustration and anger at Labour’s new ‘tick-box’ roadshow plans

By John Pring on 11th February 2021 Category: Politics

Frustration and anger at Labour’s new ‘tick-box’ roadshow plans
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Disabled activists have spoken of their growing frustration and even anger with Labour’s failure to engage properly with user-led organisations, after the party announced a new roadshow aimed at hearing from individual disabled people around the country. Vicky Foxcroft, Labour’s shadow […]

Prime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs

By John Pring on 17th December 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Prime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs
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Disabled campaigners have made a last-minute appeal to the government to abandon its plans to relax rules on socialising over Christmas, as fears grow that this will cause a sharp rise in coronavirus infections and many thousands of deaths. Disabled people’s […]

Disabled people ‘treated as afterthought again’, as England heads into second lockdown

By John Pring on 5th November 2020 Category: Human Rights

Disabled people ‘treated as afterthought again’, as England heads into second lockdown
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The government has treated disabled people who are at particular risk from coronavirus as an afterthought as the country heads into lockdown, just as it did in the early weeks of the pandemic, say campaigners. Disabled campaigners spoke out yesterday as […]

Shielders ‘left adrift’ after government’s COVID guidance failure

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Independent Living

Shielders ‘left adrift’ after government’s COVID guidance failure
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Disabled people who have been shielding at home say they are having to rely on peer support and their own judgement to protect themselves from the pandemic, after despairing at the lack of clear government guidance. Many of those who have […]

Labour faces pressure from party activists over Starmer’s independent living pledge

By John Pring on 24th September 2020 Category: Independent Living

Labour faces pressure from party activists over Starmer’s independent living pledge
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Labour activists are pushing their party for a stronger commitment to plans drawn up by disabled people that would solve the social care crisis by setting up a co-produced National Independent Living Service (NILS). A motion based on the NILS plans […]

DWP’s PIP letter blunder ‘shows its careless cruelty’

By John Pring on 10th September 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s PIP letter blunder ‘shows its careless cruelty’
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused of “careless cruelty” after it mistakenly sent out letters to disabled claimants, telling them their disability benefits had been stopped for failing to fill in review forms. It is not clear […]

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