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Disabled peer calls for pressure on MPs to accept improvements to care bill

By John Pring on 7th April 2022 Category: Independent Living

Disabled peer calls for pressure on MPs to accept improvements to care bill
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A disabled peer has appealed to disabled people and their organisations to pressure MPs to accept changes to the government’s health and care bill that offer “a better, fairer” system of care charges. Baroness [Jane] Campbell spoke out after she warned […]

Disabled people will be forgotten again unless ministers change safety bill, say peers

By John Pring on 24th February 2022 Category: Housing

Disabled people will be forgotten again unless ministers change safety bill, say peers
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Two disabled peers have warned the government that disabled people living in high-rise flats will again be forgotten – five years on from the Grenfell disaster – if its building safety bill fails to make their need for protection explicitly clear. […]

Five disabled peers help defeat government’s attack on right to protest

By John Pring on 20th January 2022 Category: Human Rights

Five disabled peers help defeat government’s attack on right to protest
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Five disabled peers have explained why they helped defeat government plans that would have eroded the right to protest. The five crossbench and Liberal Democrat peers were among those members of the House of Lords who delivered a series of defeats […]

Eight-hour debate suggests House of Lords is split on assisted suicide

By John Pring on 28th October 2021 Category: Politics

Eight-hour debate suggests House of Lords is split on assisted suicide
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The chances of a bill that aims to legalise assisted suicide being passed by the House of Lords appear to be in the balance after nearly eight hours of debate among peers. The organisation Dignity in Dying, which leads the campaign […]

Peers set to debate ‘dangerous’ and ‘incoherent’ assisted suicide bill

By John Pring on 21st October 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Peers set to debate ‘dangerous’ and ‘incoherent’ assisted suicide bill
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Disabled people have called on MPs and peers to focus their efforts on pushing for a right to live independently, and not a right to die, as the House of Lords prepares to debate a “dangerous” and “incoherent” bill that would […]

Peers criticise government for ‘objectionable’ Equality Act failure

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Politics

Peers criticise government for ‘objectionable’ Equality Act failure
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A cross-party House of Lords committee has criticised the government for its “objectionable” failure to bring into force key anti-discrimination measures that became law more than a decade ago. The Lords liaison committee said ministers had also failed to use their […]

Prime minister refuses to criticise Tory peers who made disablist comments

By John Pring on 10th June 2021 Category: Politics

Prime minister refuses to criticise Tory peers who made disablist comments
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The prime minister has refused to criticise four Conservative peers who made discriminatory and disablist remarks about disabled peers working in the House of Lords. Boris Johnson’s refusal to speak out came in response to a disabled constituent who wrote to […]

Minister for disabled people refuses to criticise disablist comments of Tory peers

By John Pring on 3rd June 2021 Category: Politics

Minister for disabled people refuses to criticise disablist comments of Tory peers
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The minister for disabled people appears to be condoning the behaviour of four Conservative peers who aimed discriminatory and disablist comments at disabled members of the House of Lords. The Conservative party has also refused to take any action over the […]

Tory silence after four peers aim disablist ‘barrage of attack’ on disabled colleagues

By John Pring on 27th May 2021 Category: Politics

Tory silence after four peers aim disablist ‘barrage of attack’ on disabled colleagues
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The Conservative party has refused to act after four of its peers delivered an “extremely alarming” and disablist “barrage of attack” on disabled members of the House of Lords. The four Tory peers were all arguing that the Lords should quickly […]

New bid to legalise assisted suicide ‘threatens disabled people’s lives and independence’

By John Pring on 27th May 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

New bid to legalise assisted suicide ‘threatens disabled people’s lives and independence’
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Disabled activists have warned that the latest bid to persuade parliament to legalise assisted suicide is a threat to their “lives, independence and peace of mind”. The latest attempt to force a law change is being led by the crossbench peer […]

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