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Labour manifesto drops key disability rights pledges

By John Pring on 20th June 2024 Category: Politics

Labour manifesto drops key disability rights pledges
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Labour has published an election manifesto that has been shorn of key promises the party made on disability rights last autumn. The manifesto also confirms the party’s continuing refusal to promise an end to ruinous care charges if it wins power. […]

Conservatives twice ignore regulator’s warning on use of misleading ‘fitness for work’ figures

By John Pring on 20th June 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Conservatives twice ignore regulator’s warning on use of misleading ‘fitness for work’ figures
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The Conservative party has continued to use misleading figures about “fitness for work” assessments, despite an independent watchdog finding they were potentially misleading. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has been forced to contact the party to draw its attention to […]

Reform UK manifesto suggests huge cuts, threats to disability rights, and risks to safety of benefit claimants

By John Pring on 20th June 2024 Category: Politics

Reform UK manifesto suggests huge cuts, threats to disability rights, and risks to safety of benefit claimants
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The right-wing Reform UK party has published a manifesto that repeatedly threatens the rights of disabled people, suggests it will pose significant safeguarding risks to benefit claimants, and warns of massive spending cuts to benefits and public services. Although the manifesto […]

SNP mentions disabled people just twice in general election manifesto

By John Pring on 20th June 2024 Category: Politics

SNP mentions disabled people just twice in general election manifesto
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The SNP has said almost nothing in its manifesto about how it would fight for the rights of disabled people at Westminster if its candidates are elected as MPs next month, five years after its last general election manifesto faced similar […]

Plaid Cymru calls for implementation of UN disability convention into UK law

By John Pring on 20th June 2024 Category: Politics

Plaid Cymru calls for implementation of UN disability convention into UK law
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Although Plaid Cymru’s manifesto contains just seven explicit mentions of disability in 72 pages, some of those policies would provide significant new rights for disabled people. A key pledge in the manifesto is that Plaid Cymru would push to implement the […]

Disabled election candidates: The SNP’s Kim Marshall

By John Pring on 20th June 2024 Category: Politics

Disabled election candidates: The SNP’s Kim Marshall
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Kim Marshall decided to stand in the general election because she has already spent most of her life speaking up for those who cannot speak up for themselves, and teaching others how to do that. Although she knows her first duty, […]

Disabled election candidates: Liberal Democrat Richard Whelan

By John Pring on 20th June 2024 Category: Politics

Disabled election candidates: Liberal Democrat Richard Whelan
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Life for disabled people is hard, and getting harder, and they feel “constantly under attack”, according to Liberal Democrat election candidate Richard Whelan. One of his priorities, if elected, would be to ensure that the Equality Act 2010 is properly enforced. […]

Disabled election candidates: The Green Party’s Mags Lewis

By John Pring on 20th June 2024 Category: Politics

Disabled election candidates: The Green Party’s Mags Lewis
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The current political system is not designed for disabled people’s inclusion, according to general election candidate Mags Lewis, which is why she is determined to stand and “be seen to stand” at this general election as a visibly disabled woman. Lewis […]

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