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Disabled women celebrate vote centenary but warn of slow progress on rights

By John Pring on 8th February 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled women celebrate vote centenary but warn of slow progress on rights
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Disabled activists have celebrated this week’s 100-year anniversary of women gaining the right to vote but have warned that disabled women are still facing breaches of their rights in all areas of life. On Tuesday (6 February), there were public celebrations […]

Disabled MP’s offensive remarks ‘should end his political career’

By John Pring on 26th October 2017 Category: Politics

Disabled MP’s offensive remarks ‘should end his political career’
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A series of offensive remarks made by a disabled MP about other minority groups and women should end his political career, according to members of a disabled women’s collective. Sisters of Frida was among disabled groups and activists who spoke to […]

Parliament ‘must act on incredibly discriminatory’ MP job-share laws

By John Pring on 7th September 2017 Category: Politics

Parliament ‘must act on incredibly discriminatory’ MP job-share laws
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Laws that prevent job-sharing MPs are discriminating against disabled people who can only work part-time because of their impairments, a parliamentary meeting has heard. The meeting marked the publication of Open House?, a pamphlet by the Fawcett Society, which makes the […]

Paper calls for political parties to move from ‘one in 129’ to ‘one in five’

By John Pring on 4th August 2016 Category: Politics

Paper calls for political parties to move from ‘one in 129’ to ‘one in five’
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A user-led campaign has called on Scotland’s political parties to do more to increase the number of disabled people elected as MSPs at the next election in 2021. The cross-party campaign One in Five published a discussion paper this week which […]

Lib Dems set to choose Westminster candidate from an all-disabled shortlist

By John Pring on 17th March 2016 Category: Politics

Lib Dems set to choose Westminster candidate from an all-disabled shortlist
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The Liberal Democrats are set to become the first political party to choose a candidate to fight a parliamentary seat from a shortlist containing only disabled people. The party voted overwhelmingly at its spring conference in favour of measures to improve […]

Brexit ‘would have dire consequences for disabled people’

By guest on 10th March 2016 Category: Politics

Brexit ‘would have dire consequences for disabled people’
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By Raya Al Jadir and John Pring Leaving the European Union (EU) would have “harmful” and “dire” consequences for disabled people, according to two of the first leading disabled figures to speak out on June’s referendum. The UK will decide whether […]

Access to politics ‘birthday gift’ will ‘strengthen Scottish democracy’

By John Pring on 25th February 2016 Category: Politics

Access to politics ‘birthday gift’ will ‘strengthen Scottish democracy’
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A user-led campaign is celebrating a £200, 000 “birthday gift”, after the Scottish government announced funding that will pay for some of the extra costs faced by disabled people who want to stand in next year’s local government elections. One in […]

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

By John Pring on 27th November 2015 Category: Politics

‘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 […]

Government must act on disabled politicians, says equality watchdog

By John Pring on 18th September 2015 Category: Politics

Government must act on disabled politicians, says equality watchdog
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The equality watchdog has called on the government to do more to boost the number of disabled people involved in politics. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) made the call in its submission to a UN inquiry into the rights […]

Call for parliament to allow job-sharing MPs, as judge throws out case

By John Pring on 31st July 2015 Category: Politics

Call for parliament to allow job-sharing MPs, as judge throws out case
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Disabled campaigners have called on parliament to press for new laws that would allow candidates to stand jointly for election as job-share MPs, after a judge threw out a legal case brought by two members of the Green party. Disabled activists […]

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