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Silence of Labour’s deputy leader, 17 months after pledge to address party discrimination

By John Pring on 19th August 2021 Category: Politics

Silence of Labour’s deputy leader, 17 months after pledge to address party discrimination
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Labour’s deputy leader has failed to explain what has happened to the promise she made 17 months ago that she would address the discrimination faced by disabled people in her party. Angela Rayner pledged to tackle the many barriers disabled party […]

Disabled activists call for a refreshed social model to ‘bring it back to life’

By John Pring on 9th July 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled activists call for a refreshed social model to ‘bring it back to life’
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Disabled activists have called for a re-examination of the social model of disability to produce a “reinvigorated” version that will bring together disabled, Deaf and autistic people to challenge the oppression they face. The call came at an online meeting hosted […]

Labour’s new DWP shadow attacked for ‘toxic’ comments on social security

By John Pring on 11th June 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour’s new DWP shadow attacked for ‘toxic’ comments on social security
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Labour’s new shadow work and pensions secretary is facing anger from disabled activists and politicians after he said that people who “put more in” to the social security system should “get more out of it” if they lose their jobs. Among […]

Rayner calls for disabled members to help her tackle discrimination within Labour

By John Pring on 5th March 2020 Category: Politics

Rayner calls for disabled members to help her tackle discrimination within Labour
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One of the MPs campaigning to be Labour’s next deputy leader is asking disabled members for their ideas on how to address the discrimination they face within the party. Disability News Service has been reporting for several years how disabled Labour […]

Confusion over government’s policy on election access support

By John Pring on 23rd January 2020 Category: Politics

Confusion over government’s policy on election access support
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Government policy on supporting disabled candidates to stand for elected office is in chaos after the Cabinet Office suggested it could offer funding to those standing to be police and crime commissioners (PCC), but not potential local councillors. One Deaf Labour […]

Election 2019: 100,000 people have lost Motability vehicles through Tory PIP reforms

By John Pring on 28th November 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Election 2019: 100,000 people have lost Motability vehicles through Tory PIP reforms
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More than 100,000 disabled people have lost their Motability vehicles after being reassessed as part of the Conservatives’ disability benefit reforms, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. The figures show the number of Motability customers who have had to return their […]

Election 2019: Miller ‘lies twice to voters’ on Tory DLA reforms

By John Pring on 28th November 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Election 2019: Miller ‘lies twice to voters’ on Tory DLA reforms
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A former Tory minister for disabled people appears to have lied twice about the government’s disability living allowance reforms, in response to concerns raised by her Labour opponent in an election hustings event. Maria Miller was minister for disabled people between […]

Government ‘discriminating’ by refusing to meet disability costs of election candidates

By John Pring on 7th November 2019 Category: Politics

Government ‘discriminating’ by refusing to meet disability costs of election candidates
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The government has been accused of discriminating against disabled people standing at next month’s general election – and breaching the UN disability convention – by refusing to fund any of their disability-related campaign spending. The refusal of the Government Equalities Office […]

Failure to fund access costs of general election candidates is ‘denial of democracy’

By John Pring on 22nd August 2019 Category: Politics

Failure to fund access costs of general election candidates is ‘denial of democracy’
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Disabled politicians preparing to contest the general election likely to be called within months will be hit hard by the government’s refusal to fund their disability-related campaign spending, a Deaf parliamentary candidate has warned. Kerena Marchant, who uses British Sign Language […]

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