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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has confirmed that a Labour government would set up an independent inquiry into the deaths of disabled benefit claimants linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its private sector contractors. The […]
Disabled people have a fight ahead of them to convince Labour’s leadership to accept the need for a universal right to independent living, say activists, despite the annual conference voting overwhelmingly in favour of it becoming party policy. Sunday’s vote passed […]
Labour’s shadow chancellor has told disabled party activists they need to “eyeball” senior figures in the party who have not done enough to take on board the policies outlined in their new neurodiversity manifesto. John McDonnell was speaking to members of […]
The rise to power of a new Conservative government under the leadership of Boris Johnson has created a “really dark moment” for disabled people, anti-austerity activists have been told at the launch of a new book. Frances Ryan, a disabled journalist […]
Disabled activists and shadow ministers at a parliamentary meeting have been told of ways they could help to reduce the appalling damage caused by the government’s hated “fitness for work” assessment and other social security cuts and reforms. Academics, researchers, politicians […]
The launch of a new user-led political organisation is set to be a “landmark event” for neurodivergent people in the Labour party. After three years of lobbying, discussions and consultation, disabled party members launched Neurodivergent Labour in central London on Saturday. […]
Campaigners are warning the Labour party to rethink its support for a radical new benefit system because of risks that its introduction would further isolate and impoverish disabled people. In a new report, UBI: Solution or Illusion? The Implications of Universal […]
Disabled activists are hoping to use a parliamentary meeting next month to persuade more MPs that action must be taken to prevent further deaths caused by the government’s much-criticised fitness for work test. The First Do No Harm lobby on 13 […]
A Labour police and crime commissioner is facing criticism from within his own party for endorsing his force’s “disgraceful” decision to pass video footage and other information about disabled anti-fracking protesters to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Wayne Blackburn, […]
A police force has admitted passing video footage and other information about disabled anti-fracking protesters to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Disability News Service (DNS) reported last week that forces including Lancashire police had been accused of repeatedly targeting […]