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The government’s “independent” spending watchdog has refused to explain why it removed figures from its crucial budget forecast report that proved spending on social security is not spiralling out of control. The move by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will […]
A trio of leading Tories have used misleading and offensive statements at their annual conference in Manchester to scapegoat disabled people who rely on support from the benefits system and whip up hostility towards them. The Conservative party made it clear […]
The Conservative party has again refused to explain why it is warning of a “spiralling” benefits bill when spending on social security is stable… and has been for years. For the second time in two months, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch (pictured) […]
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has refused to explain why she whipped up hostility against disabled people by warning of the “ticking time bomb” caused by increased benefits spending, when social security expenditure has been stable for years. Badenoch delivered a speech […]
Disabled people have reacted with alarm to “stigmatising”, “damaging” and “inaccurate” comments about mental health and autism by Kemi Badenoch, the right-wing Conservative MP who could soon be the next leader of her party. The comments were made in a pamphlet […]
All four of the candidates to be the next Conservative leader have ignored disabled people in their pitches to party members. None of the quartet – Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick, and Tom Tugendhat – discussed how they would address […]
Disabled activists have called on the new Labour government to reform the equality and human rights watchdog, after years of appointments of divisive figures to its board by Conservative ministers have left it “neutered” and unable to do its job. The […]
A government minister has described a proposal to make it easier for disabled tenants to make access improvements to the common areas of residential properties as “a new policy”, 12 years after it was included in Labour’s Equality Act. The proposal […]
Two ministers have dismissed mounting evidence of a care funding crisis and have repeatedly insisted that local councils have all the money they need to “effectively” deliver social care services. Both social care minister Gillian Keegan and local government minister Kemi […]