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Labour conference: Party chief pledges to put an end to disability discrimination

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Party chief pledges to put an end to disability discrimination
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Labour’s general secretary has promised that he will put an end to the years of discrimination experienced by disabled party members. David Evans, the party’s general secretary since last year, told a Disability Labour fringe meeting that he would personally ensure […]

Labour conference: Kendall refuses four times to say if she backs free social care

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Independent Living

Labour conference: Kendall refuses four times to say if she backs free social care
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Labour’s shadow social care minister has refused four times to say if she supports the idea of free social care. Liz Kendall had been asked by Disability News Service (DNS) whether she was in favour of free social care, and what […]

Labour conference: Concern over Starmer’s ‘hard-working families first’ pledge

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Concern over Starmer’s ‘hard-working families first’ pledge
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Disabled Labour activists have raised concerns about their leader’s promise to “always put hard-working families and their priorities first”, and his failure to mention disabled people, in a 12,000-word essay published on the eve of his party’s annual conference. The essay […]

Labour conference: Reynolds pledges to work with disabled people to replace WCA

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour conference: Reynolds pledges to work with disabled people to replace WCA
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Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has pledged to work alongside disabled people to draw up plans to replace the “fitness for work” benefit assessment system that has been linked to the deaths of multiple claimants over the last decade. Jonathan […]

Labour conference: MP accuses government of ‘gas-lighting’ social care during pandemic

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Human Rights

Labour conference: MP accuses government of ‘gas-lighting’ social care during pandemic
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A Labour MP who heard weekly reports on the “harrowing” impact of the pandemic on service-users and staff in social care through the early months of the crisis has accused the government of “gas-lighting” the sector by denying those experiences. Helen […]

Labour conference: Party ‘showed contempt for autistic members’ by ignoring manifesto

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Party ‘showed contempt for autistic members’ by ignoring manifesto
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Labour has been accused of showing “contempt” for autistic and other neurodivergent party members, after ignoring proposals they submitted as part of a policy development process. A summary of the neurodiversity manifesto that was put together by members of Neurodivergent Labour […]

Labour shadow ministers for equality and disability stay silent over party discrimination

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Politics

Labour shadow ministers for equality and disability stay silent over party discrimination
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Labour’s shadow ministers for disability and equalities have refused to comment on the party’s continuing failure to address the discrimination faced by its own disabled members. Both Vicky Foxcroft, the shadow minister for disabled people, and Marsha de Cordova, the shadow […]

Labour MP who holds DWP to account defends government appointment

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour MP who holds DWP to account defends government appointment
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The Labour chair of the committee tasked with holding the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to account has been accused of “total hypocrisy” after accepting a high-profile appointment from the government. Stephen Timms, who chairs the cross-party Commons work and […]

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 politicians face ‘multitude’ of barriers, says government report

By John Pring on 5th August 2021 Category: Politics

Disabled politicians face ‘multitude’ of barriers, says government report
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Political parties and institutions such as local councils have repeatedly broken equality laws by failing to make reasonable adjustments for disabled politicians, according to research commissioned by the government. The report says that disabled people in England and Wales face a […]

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