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Labour and its disability minister appear to be in dispute over assistance dog discrimination at party conference

By John Pring on 14th November 2024 Category: Politics

Labour and its disability minister appear to be in dispute over assistance dog discrimination at party conference
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Labour appears set for a serious disagreement with its own minister for disability, after apparently rejecting his advice about a disabled member who was prevented from attending the party’s annual conference with her assistance dog. Sir Stephen Timms wrote to the […]

Minister admits fatal flaws in universal credit ‘need to be fixed’ and tells DNS: ‘You’ve been onto something very important’

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Minister admits fatal flaws in universal credit ‘need to be fixed’ and tells DNS: ‘You’ve been onto something very important’
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The minister for social security has admitted there are serious safety concerns with universal credit, following coroners’ reports that linked the working-age benefits system with the suicides of two disabled claimants. Sir Stephen Timms is the first minister of any political […]

Prime minister suggests all those on sickness benefits should look for work

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Prime minister suggests all those on sickness benefits should look for work
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The prime minister has suggested that all claimants of long-term sickness benefits will be expected to look for work under his government’s plans to reform social security. Sir Keir Starmer made his comments in a BBC interview that was broadcast yesterday […]

Labour’s DWP fraud bill ‘will be recipe for abuse and miscarriages of justice’

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour’s DWP fraud bill ‘will be recipe for abuse and miscarriages of justice’
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Disabled campaigners have warned that plans to give the government sweeping powers to carry out financial surveillance on benefit claimants are “a recipe for abuse and miscarriages of justice”. Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer told the Labour conference in Liverpool on […]

Kendall ignores question on why she shared platform with company linked to DWP deaths

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Kendall ignores question on why she shared platform with company linked to DWP deaths
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Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has ignored a question on why she shared a platform at her party’s annual conference with an outsourcing giant linked to the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. Kendall was speaking at the fringe event on […]

Streeting dodges care charges question for four minutes and 25 seconds

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Independent Living

Streeting dodges care charges question for four minutes and 25 seconds
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Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has refused to say when the new Labour government will address the care charging crisis that is leading disabled people to face unlawful discrimination and inequality on an “unparalleled” scale. Despite being asked several […]

‘We want a full-time minister for disabled people’, Labour conference meeting is told

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Politics

‘We want a full-time minister for disabled people’, Labour conference meeting is told
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Disabled campaigners say they want more than a “part-time minister” for disabled people under the new Labour government. A fringe meeting at Labour’s annual party conference in Liverpool heard of concerns that Sir Stephen Timms had too many responsibilities as the […]

Disabled MP’s passionate call for action over ‘scandal of locked settings’

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Human Rights

Disabled MP’s passionate call for action over ‘scandal of locked settings’
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A disabled Labour MP has delivered a passionate call for action over the number of autistic people and people with learning difficulties who are “imprisoned” in inpatient mental health units. Jen Craft told a fringe meeting at Labour’s annual party conference […]

Silence again from Labour ministers on accessible housing, despite new announcements

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Housing

Silence again from Labour ministers on accessible housing, despite new announcements
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Labour ministers have again failed to make any commitment to toughening standards on accessible homes, despite announcing a string of new housing measures at their annual party conference. Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, who is also the housing secretary, told the […]

Labour accused of treating conference delegate like third-class citizen, after banning her service dog

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Politics

Labour accused of treating conference delegate like third-class citizen, after banning her service dog
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Labour has been accused of treating one of its own disabled delegates like a “third-class citizen”, after refusing to allow her to enter its party conference with her assistance dog. It is the latest example of years of disability discrimination by […]

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