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Anger as Labour omits ‘vital’ promise on disability rights from policy document

By John Pring on 21st September 2023 Category: Politics

Anger as Labour omits ‘vital’ promise on disability rights from policy document
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Labour has broken its promise to implement the UN disability convention into UK law if it wins the next general election, according to confidential party policy documents. The party was insisting until at least July this year that a Labour government […]

Labour has ‘caved in to vested interests’ on social care, leaked documents show

By John Pring on 21st September 2023 Category: Politics

Labour has ‘caved in to vested interests’ on social care, leaked documents show
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Labour has been accused of caving in to “powerful vested interests” after failing to include any reference to scrapping care charges in documents that will form the basis of the party’s next general election manifesto. One leading disabled people’s organisation said […]

Gove ignores government’s promise on access standards for new homes

By John Pring on 27th July 2023 Category: Housing

Gove ignores government’s promise on access standards for new homes
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Ministers have been criticised for a “disgraceful” failure to keep their promise on introducing stricter accessibility standards for new homes, years after they first proposed improvements. Almost exactly a year ago, the government said it would consult on new rules that […]

Anger as Starmer focuses again on ‘working people’ in major speech

By John Pring on 18th May 2023 Category: Politics

Anger as Starmer focuses again on ‘working people’ in major speech
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Labour’s leader has sparked anger and frustration among disabled activists after mentioning his party’s focus on “working people” 23 times in a high-profile speech. Sir Keir Starmer repeatedly stressed that a Labour government would be “once again on the side of […]

Shock and anger over DWP’s ‘despicable’ decision to abandon work on deaths plan

By John Pring on 15th December 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Shock and anger over DWP’s ‘despicable’ decision to abandon work on deaths plan
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Disabled campaigners have expressed shock and anger after learning how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) secretly abandoned work on a £106 million plan that was supposed to help it prevent further deaths of benefit claimants. The plan was draw […]

Labour’s broken promise could see it finally face legal action over years of discrimination

By John Pring on 1st December 2022 Category: Politics

Labour’s broken promise could see it finally face legal action over years of discrimination
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Labour is facing the real possibility of legal action over years of disability discrimination within the party, after reneging on plans to hold a national conference and set up a national committee of disabled members. The party’s national executive committee (NEC) […]

Hunt’s Autumn Statement ‘crumbs’ will ‘not be enough to prevent harm and deaths’

By John Pring on 24th November 2022 Category: Independent Living

Hunt’s Autumn Statement ‘crumbs’ will ‘not be enough to prevent harm and deaths’
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An Autumn Statement that has provided “distracting crumbs” of funding will not be enough to address the impact of 12 years of austerity that has stripped away support from disabled people, campaigners and activists warned this week. The response from disabled […]

Labour conference: Anger at Starmer’s ‘divisive’ pledge to back ‘working people’

By John Pring on 29th September 2022 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Anger at Starmer’s ‘divisive’ pledge to back ‘working people’
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Labour’s leader has been accused by leading party activists of using “divisive rhetoric” and a “deliberate” failure to mention disabled people and others who are out of work in his main conference speech this week. Keir Starmer mentioned “working people” 25 […]

Labour conference: Financial problems cause Labour to ‘drag its feet’ on discrimination

By John Pring on 29th September 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Labour conference: Financial problems cause Labour to ‘drag its feet’ on discrimination
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Labour is continuing to “drag its feet” on eliminating the barriers faced by its own disabled members, leading activists warned this week at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool. A series of disabled members spoke out about their continuing frustration that […]

Labour faces legal action from disabled members over ‘institutional’ discrimination

By John Pring on 8th September 2022 Category: Politics

Labour faces legal action from disabled members over ‘institutional’ discrimination
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Disabled activists have warned Labour that it faces possible legal action if it continues to refuse to act to end years of disability discrimination against party members. Senior figures in the party – including leader Keir Starmer, deputy leader Angela Rayner […]

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