COMMENT: What now? Tory victory provides clear course for DNS
An overall majority for the Conservatives, three party leaders quitting, David Cameron back in Downing…
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UPDATED: The story of the general election campaign, in 30 news stories
Election 2015: Tories dodge questions over disability benefit cutsThe prime minister has become the third…
ELECTION 2015: Harper suggests backing for mental health treatment sanctions
The Tory minister for disabled people appears to have accidentally admitted what many disabled activists…
ELECTION 2015: Coalition has led to in-work ‘discrimination, harassment and hardship’
Disabled workers have faced deteriorating attitudes from employers, cuts to their legal protection, and “disintegrating”…
ELECTION 2015: UKIP refuses to back right to life, mobility, freedom from torture…
UKIP has refused to back key parts of the UN Convention on the Rights of…
ELECTION 2015: Tories refuse to say which human rights they will dump
The Conservative party are refusing to say which vital protections they would scrap if they…
ELECTION 2015: Labour’s disability manifesto chaos
Labour’s launch of its disability manifesto has descended into chaos after major disagreements between a…
ELECTION 2015: Lib Dem president ‘astonished’ at manifesto’s disability benefits failure
The Liberal Democrats’ disabled president has told Disability News Service (DNS) she is “astonished” that…
ELECTION 2015: UKIP’s silence on UN disability convention
UKIP is refusing to say whether it is in favour of key sections of the…
ELECTION 2015: Green party faces questions over assisted suicide backing
The Green party has been asked how it can justify calls for the legalisation of…