Emily Brothers

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September 13, 2018 0

Disability Labour set for fresh start after angry scenes at agm

Disabled Labour activists have succeeded in a takeover of the organisation set up to build links between the party and the disability movement. During a heated annual general meeting (agm) of Disability Labour at a Leeds hotel on Saturday, the entire 15-strong slate of candidates from the Disability Equality Act Labour (DEAL) campaign group

Activism and Campaigning

Lisney, Buxton, Hart and Brothers (and her guide dog) outside 10 Downing Street

May 3, 2018 0

Campaign’s legal threat forces government pledge on election access fund decision

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The government is finally set to publish a long-awaited review of a fund that supported Deaf and disabled people with the extra costs of standing for election but has been closed for the last three years. The announcement came in response to a legal letter sent on behalf of three disabled politicians, Labour’s Emily

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Separate picture of David Buxton, Simeon Hart and Emily Brothers campaigning

April 12, 2018 0

Government faces legal action over election access fund

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Three disabled politicians have begun legal action against the government over its failure to reopen a fund that supported Deaf and disabled people with the extra costs of standing for election as MPs. Labour’s Emily Brothers, Liberal Democrat David Buxton and the Green party’s Simeon Hart say the government is breaching the Equality Act

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A huge poster for the Labour conference outside the conference centre

March 1, 2018 0

Handbook offers Labour new DEAL on addressing widespread discrimination in the party

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Disabled party activists are hoping a new handbook will force Labour to confront its failure to comply with its legal duties to prevent disability discrimination. Members of the Disability Equality ACT Labour (DEAL) campaign, all Labour members, say the party has repeatedly failed to comply with its duties under the Equality Act. To address

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Emily Brothers speaking at the Cambridge Union

February 1, 2018 0

Labour must act on ‘shameful’ lack of disabled people on NEC, says party activist

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A leading Labour activist has called for action to address disability discrimination within the party and the “shameful” lack of disabled people on its ruling national body. Emily Brothers has told Disability News Service (DNS) that she will be seeking one of nine seats available on Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) for candidates representing

Politics

November 3, 2016

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Brothers speaks out on Labour’s failure to appoint shadow disability minister

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One of Labour’s most prominent disabled politicians has called on her own party to demonstrate its intent to hold the government to account by appointing a shadow disability minister. Labour admitted last week that it had still not appointed a shadow minister for disabled people, nearly three weeks after party leader Jeremy Corbyn completed

Human Rights

June 30, 2016

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Brexit vote: Fear and uncertainty over impact of EU exit

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Campaigners and experts say they fear that Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) could have serious consequences for disabled people, although it is too early for an accurate assessment of the likely impact. Among the concerns raised are that the referendum result could trigger another recession, an increase in unemployment and a

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George Osborne delivering his budget speech

March 17, 2016

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Osborne’s budget sparks anger, fear… and a resignation

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This week’s budget – which confirmed cuts of more than £1 billion a year to disabled people’s support, while awarding huge giveaways to high earners – has sparked almost universal anger among disabled people. The chancellor, George Osborne, said in his budget speech that the changes to the eligibility criteria of personal independence payment

Human Rights

Delegates sitting in the main conference arena

October 2, 2015

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Labour conference: Tory bill of rights ‘would water down Human Rights Act’

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The under-threat Human Rights Act could be used to halt the scandal of disabled people who have died after being put through the government’s much-criticised “fitness for work” test regime, according to Labour’s new shadow minister for disabled people. Debbie Abrahams spoke out on the importance of the act as she pledged to fight

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