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Tories and Labour silent on social care charging, a week before local elections

By John Pring on 27th April 2023 Category: Independent Living

Tories and Labour silent on social care charging, a week before local elections
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The Conservative and Labour parties have both refused to reveal their current policies on charging for adult social care, just days before local elections in England. Disability News Service (DNS) approached the four largest parties contesting next week’s elections – the […]

Greens call for end to discriminatory ban on online council meetings

By John Pring on 21st July 2022 Category: Politics

Greens call for end to discriminatory ban on online council meetings
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Disabled politicians and allies are calling on the government to end the “discriminatory” laws that prevent local councillors from taking part in council meetings remotely. The campaign is being led by Green party politicians, including the party’s only MP, Caroline Lucas, […]

Document reveals government’s delays in fixing ‘shocking’ COP26 access failures

By John Pring on 22nd December 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Document reveals government’s delays in fixing ‘shocking’ COP26 access failures
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The UK government failed to ensure that serious faults exposed by an accessibility audit were fixed in time for the start of the Glasgow COP26 climate change conference, an official document released to Disability News Service (DNS) has revealed. The access […]

Omission of disabled people from key parts of climate change text is ‘beyond disgraceful’

By John Pring on 18th November 2021 Category: Human Rights

Omission of disabled people from key parts of climate change text is ‘beyond disgraceful’
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Disabled climate activists say the failure of the UK and other governments to include disabled people in key parts of the Glasgow climate change agreement is “beyond disgraceful”. Despite campaigners repeatedly highlighting through the COP26 conference how climate change was having […]

Multiple access failures at COP26 ‘send shocking message’ to disabled people

By John Pring on 4th November 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Multiple access failures at COP26 ‘send shocking message’ to disabled people
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Disabled campaigners have raised serious concerns about the UK government’s multiple failures to ensure the accessibility of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. The first concerns came after high-profile complaints made by the Israeli energy minister, Karine Elharrar, a wheelchair-user, […]

Greens set to ‘embarrass’ other parties after backing free social care

By John Pring on 28th October 2021 Category: Independent Living

Greens set to ‘embarrass’ other parties after backing free social care
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The Green Party has become the only major political party to support free social care for all adults who need it in England, following an “overwhelming” vote at its annual conference. The party said the proposals would put social care “on […]

Tories refused to answer access questions in letter from their own equalities minister

By John Pring on 20th February 2020 Category: Politics

Tories refused to answer access questions in letter from their own equalities minister
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Successive chairs of the Conservative party snubbed a request from their own equalities minister, after she asked them to explain how they intended to support more disabled people to become MPs and councillors. Penny Mordaunt (pictured) wrote last April to the […]

Election 2019: Five parties make final pitches to disabled voters

By John Pring on 11th December 2019 Category: Politics

Election 2019: Five parties make final pitches to disabled voters
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Five political parties have made their final pitches to potential disabled voters on the eve of tomorrow’s general election. Disability News Service (DNS) asked the Conservatives, the Green party, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the SNP to explain in […]

Election 2019: Lib Dems overlook working-age social care reform… again

By John Pring on 21st November 2019 Category: Independent Living

Election 2019: Lib Dems overlook working-age social care reform… again
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The Liberal Democrats have failed to offer a detailed policy on how they would reform care and support for working-age disabled people if they win the election, although they have pledged to reopen the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The manifesto failure […]

Election 2019: Greens set to outdo other parties on independent living

By John Pring on 21st November 2019 Category: Independent Living

Election 2019: Greens set to outdo other parties on independent living
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The Greens have become the first major party to pledge to introduce a solution to England’s social care crisis that has been devised by the disabled people’s movement, if it wins power at next month’s general election. The party says in […]

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