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Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has ignored a question on why she shared a platform at her party’s annual conference with an outsourcing giant linked to the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. Kendall was speaking at the fringe event on […]
A report set to have a significant influence on Labour’s adult social care policy at the next general election has ruled out an immediate end to care charges in favour of a more gradual move towards “affordability”. The report, launched this […]
An inquiry that will have significant influence on Labour’s policy on independent living at the next general election is set to rule out scrapping care charges, according to a document leaked to Disability News Service. The document, a summary of a […]
Disabled campaigners have dismissed Labour’s claim that a review of its adult social care policy is being co-produced with disabled people. Despite promises from Labour that disabled people would work in partnership with the Fabian Society, the thinktank commissioned to carry […]
The Labour party will prioritise increasing the wages of care workers above the need to eliminate the charges disabled people are forced to pay for their social care, if it wins power at the next election. Wes Streeting, the shadow health […]
Leading party members and activists have raised serious concerns over Labour’s refusal to promise that a new review of its adult social care policy will be co-produced with disabled people. Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting announced this week […]
A young campaigner has called on other disabled people to share their experiences of successful employment in order to help narrow the disability employment gap. Lauren Pitt told a fringe meeting at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool that she wanted to […]