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Frustration with Labour resurfaces at TUC disabled workers’ event

By John Pring on 15th December 2022 Category: Politics

Frustration with Labour resurfaces at TUC disabled workers’ event
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Union and Labour activists have expressed fresh fears that the party will fail to fight for the rights of disabled people if it wins power at the next general election. They spoke out at an online meeting, held by the TUC, […]

Johnson ignores working-age care… again, and suggests further delays to reform

By John Pring on 16th January 2020 Category: Independent Living

Johnson ignores working-age care… again, and suggests further delays to reform
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The prime minister has again ignored the needs of working-age disabled people when asked about his plans for social care funding reform, and has suggested that those reforms may take as long as five years to implement. Boris Johnson (pictured) was […]

Election 2019: Labour offers new rights and a UN convention pledge

By John Pring on 28th November 2019 Category: Human Rights

Election 2019: Labour offers new rights and a UN convention pledge
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Labour has guaranteed a string of new rights for disabled people if it wins power at next month’s general election, and it has reaffirmed the promise it made two years ago to incorporate the UN disability convention into UK law. The […]

Election 2019: Labour fails to set accessibility targets for ‘housing revolution’

By John Pring on 21st November 2019 Category: Housing

Election 2019: Labour fails to set accessibility targets for ‘housing revolution’
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Labour is refusing to promise that all the 150,000 council and social homes it would build every year would meet basic accessibility standards, despite the government facing legal action over its own failure to act on the accessible housing crisis. Labour […]

‘Disappointment and sadness’ over Labour’s social care policy

By John Pring on 17th October 2019 Category: Independent Living

‘Disappointment and sadness’ over Labour’s social care policy
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Frustrated disabled campaigners have expressed “massive disappointment” at Labour’s latest policy announcement on social care, after it failed again to commit to introducing a legal right to independent living if it wins power. Jeremy Corbyn promised on Tuesday that a Labour […]

Labour’s pledge to scrap universal credit ‘is victory for years of activism’

By John Pring on 3rd October 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour’s pledge to scrap universal credit ‘is victory for years of activism’
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Disabled activists have welcomed Labour’s promise to scrap universal credit (UC) if it wins power at the next general election as a victory for years of campaigning. But they have warned the party that they still want to know how UC […]

Confusion – again – after Labour backtracks on Corbyn pledge to scrap universal credit

By John Pring on 13th June 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Confusion – again – after Labour backtracks on Corbyn pledge to scrap universal credit
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Labour’s policy on universal credit has again become mired in confusion after its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, promised to scrap the government’s “catastrophic” and “iniquitous” benefit system if his party wins the next general election. Such a move would be seen as […]

Activist celebrates after Welsh Labour backs independent living campaign

By John Pring on 26th April 2018 Category: Independent Living

Activist celebrates after Welsh Labour backs independent living campaign
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A disabled activist who has campaigned to save the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) is celebrating after the Welsh Labour annual conference voted to back his campaign. Nathan Lee Davies has led a campaign to force the Labour-run Welsh government to […]

Chancellor ignores social care, weeks after UN’s independent living warning

By John Pring on 23rd November 2017 Category: Politics

Chancellor ignores social care, weeks after UN’s independent living warning
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Disabled campaigners have criticised the chancellor’s failure to provide any money in the budget to solve the social care funding crisis, despite a warning from the UN. Although Philip Hammond announced some extra funding for the NHS, there was no mention […]

DPAC shortlisted for human rights award after parliament direct action

By John Pring on 12th October 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPAC shortlisted for human rights award after parliament direct action
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Disabled activists who carried out a direct action protest in the heart of parliament have been shortlisted for a prestigious human rights award. The human rights organisation Liberty has named Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) as one of just three nominees […]

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