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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 […]
Senior Labour figures have been accused of discrimination and “oppression” of their own disabled members, after failing yet again to act on the barriers created by the party’s structures, policies and actions. Some disabled party members are now set to protest […]
A disabled shadow minister has accused the public body that provides MPs with financial support of “oppression” and “discrimination”, after it refused to meet some of the disability-related costs of doing her job in parliament. Marsha de Cordova described the “worry, […]
A disabled Reuters journalist and Labour activist hopes to become what he believes would be the first MP with such a significant level of impairment to be elected to the House of Commons. Peter Apps, a global affairs commentator with Reuters […]
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 mother of a disabled woman who took her own life after unfairly having her benefits stopped received a standing ovation at a packed fringe event at Labour’s annual conference, after she pledged to continue her fight for justice. Joy Dove […]
People with learning difficulties have ensured that Labour party members have heard their voices on the impact of austerity on their lives. Many of those who spoke out at an event on the fringes of this week’s annual conference in Brighton […]