Jeremy Corbyn

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Norman Lamb talking to a woman at the conference

September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: Lamb calls for cross-party solution to social care crisis

The Liberal Democrats’ shadow health secretary has called on the Conservatives and Labour to work on a cross-party basis to find a solution to the growing social care funding crisis. Norman Lamb said that politicians needed to accept that none of the parties had come up with a “sustainable solution”. Lamb, who was speaking

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Theresa May at prime minister's questions

September 14, 2017 0

Prime minister ‘lies’ on benefits spending in response to UN ‘human catastrophe’ claims

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The prime minister has been accused of misleading parliament about spending on disability benefits, after trying to defend herself from accusations by a UN committee that her government had caused a “human catastrophe” by cutting disabled people’s support. Theresa May had been asked about the accusations in yesterday’s prime minister’s questions by Labour leader

Activism and Campaigning

Police officers talking to activists in the House of Commons

July 20, 2017 0

McDonnell calls for disabled-led solution to care crisis, as DPAC occupies parliament

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Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for disabled people themselves to be given the job of designing the solution to the social care funding crisis. John McDonnell was speaking to Disability News Service (DNS) as activists from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) were protesting about cuts to social care, in parliament’s central lobby yesterday (Wednesday).

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June 15, 2017 0

Anger, resignation… and optimism in wake of general election result

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Disabled activists have reacted with a mixture of anger, resignation and optimism to a general election that saw the Conservatives lose their parliamentary majority. Some believe that a resurgent Labour party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, which defied mainstream media opposition and polling predictions to increase its number of MPs by 30, will

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June 7, 2017 0

Labour pledges ‘transformation’ of social security as it fleshes out disability policies

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Labour has pledged to “transform” the social security system and to set out a bill to repeal cuts to disabled people’s benefits within a year, in one of the headline measures of a mini-manifesto devoted solely to disability issues. The document, Nothing About You, Without You, was launched last weekend in Manchester, and expands

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Debbie Abrahams speaking in parliament, with John McDonnell sitting behind her

November 17, 2016

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Abrahams ‘uninvites’ DPO… because it wanted to talk about independent living

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Labour’s relationship with the disability movement has suffered another blow after the party invited a disabled people’s organisation to speak at a major consultation launch, and then withdrew the invitation after discovering what it was planning to speak about. The party’s shadow work and pensions secretary, Debbie Abrahams (pictured), had asked Greater Manchester Coalition

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Emily Brothers speaking at the Cambridge Union

November 3, 2016

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Brothers speaks out on Labour’s failure to appoint shadow disability minister

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One of Labour’s most prominent disabled politicians has called on her own party to demonstrate its intent to hold the government to account by appointing a shadow disability minister. Labour admitted last week that it had still not appointed a shadow minister for disabled people, nearly three weeks after party leader Jeremy Corbyn completed

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October 27, 2016

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Labour admits ‘confusion’… but still no shadow minister for disabled people

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Labour has admitted that it has still not appointed a shadow minister for disabled people, nearly three weeks after party leader Jeremy Corbyn completed a reshuffle of his top parliamentary team. There has now not been a Labour shadow minister to hold the government to account on disability issues since the promotion of Debbie

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September 29, 2016

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Labour conference: Disabled members welcome Corbyn’s re-election

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Disabled party members have given overwhelming backing to the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour party. Corbyn was elected with 62 per cent of the vote, in a result announced on the first day of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, easily beating former shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith. Nearly

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September 29, 2016

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Labour conference: Corbyn wins plaudits over shadow mental health minister

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Disabled party activists have welcomed the Labour leader’s decision to back their campaign for him to reinstate the post of shadow cabinet minister for mental health. Jeremy Corbyn was forced to scrap the post he created only last year in July because of the departure of MP Luciana Berger and the need to appoint

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