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Anne Pridmore, her assistance dog, and Alex Hovden at the conference

September 28, 2017 0

Labour conference: Members accuse party of years of ‘blatant discrimination’

Labour is facing concerted pressure to put an end to years of “blatant discrimination” against its own disabled party members, while also facing complaints about “inexcusable” access failings at this week’s annual conference in Brighton. Members of one disabled members’ campaign – Party Participation and Disabled People (PPDP) – handed out leaflets at the

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DNS editor John Pring talking to Miro Griffiths and Dr Paul Darke

September 29, 2016

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Labour conference: Party ‘must do more on rights and inclusion’

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Labour needs to do far more to address issues of disability rights and the inclusion of disabled people in society, two leading disabled academics have told a fringe meeting at the party’s annual conference. Disability rights issues were marginalised at this week’s conference, with only fleeting references to the social care crisis – including

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September 29, 2016

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Labour conference: Disabled members welcome Corbyn’s re-election

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Disabled party members have given overwhelming backing to the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour party. Corbyn was elected with 62 per cent of the vote, in a result announced on the first day of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, easily beating former shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith. Nearly

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A wheelchair-user wearing a ventilator, with an Iain Duncan Smith 'Wanted' poster behind his head and surrounded by police

October 9, 2015

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Tory conference: Anger over IDS ‘work your way out of poverty’ call

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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been accused of insulting disabled people by telling them to “work your way out of poverty”. His speech to the Conservative conference was short on policy detail but heavy with rhetoric, including a promise that the party would deliver on its election pledge to be “the

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Debbie Abrahams standing behind a table, speaking into a microphone

October 2, 2015

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Labour conference: We’re planning a social security offensive, says Abrahams

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Labour’s new shadow minister for disabled people has promised a major overhaul of the work capability assessment (WCA), and no further cuts to disability support, but has stopped short of calling for a return to previous levels of spending. Debbie Abrahams (pictured) also signalled that Labour would go on the offensive to defend the

Politics

August 21, 2015

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Corbyn and Cooper put Kendall and Burnham in the shade on disability

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The four candidates to be Labour’s next leader have produced between them only a small handful of policies aimed at disabled people, after being quizzed by some of their own party’s disabled members. Although the four were praised for their overall commitment to equalities, critics within the party say they appear to have given

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Labour conference: Members accuse party of years of ‘blatant discrimination’

Labour conference: Party ‘must do more on rights and inclusion’

Labour conference: Disabled members welcome Corbyn’s re-election

Tory conference: Anger over IDS ‘work your way out of poverty’ call

Labour conference: We’re planning a social security offensive, says Abrahams

Corbyn and Cooper put Kendall and Burnham in the shade on disability