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Net closing on government departments that refuse to publish deaths reports

By John Pring on 21st May 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Net closing on government departments that refuse to publish deaths reports
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The government is facing calls to publish two coroners’ reports that link the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with the deaths of benefit claimants. New information shows that the missing reports were written by coroners in 2015 and 2016, but […]

New shadow minister pledges ‘better and wider engagement’ with disabled people

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Politics

New shadow minister pledges ‘better and wider engagement’ with disabled people
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Labour’s new shadow minister for disabled people has pledged to be a “good listener” and to ensure that her party considers the impact on disabled people of every one of its policies. Vicky Foxcroft (pictured) was speaking to Disability News Service […]

Coronavirus: Kendall promises to challenge minister over lack of PA guidance

By John Pring on 16th April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Kendall promises to challenge minister over lack of PA guidance
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Labour’s new shadow social care minister has pledged to challenge her opposite number over the government’s continuing failure to publish guidance that would help disabled people protect themselves during the coronavirus crisis. Liz Kendall, who was appointed to the role this […]

Labour’s new leader faces pressure to follow through on campaign rights pledges

By John Pring on 9th April 2020 Category: Politics

Labour’s new leader faces pressure to follow through on campaign rights pledges
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Keir Starmer is set to face pressure from the disabled people’s movement to commit his party to keep a series of pledges he made during his successful campaign to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. Among the most striking of those […]

Labour defends Starmer’s social care shadow cabinet decision

By John Pring on 9th April 2020 Category: Politics

Labour defends Starmer’s social care shadow cabinet decision
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Labour has insisted that its new leader’s decision to remove the party’s social care spokesperson from his first shadow cabinet does not mean the issue has been “demoted”. The move came as Keir Starmer – who was elected this week with […]

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 […]

Tories refused to answer access questions in letter from their own equalities minister

By John Pring on 20th February 2020 Category: Politics

Tories refused to answer access questions in letter from their own equalities minister
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Successive chairs of the Conservative party snubbed a request from their own equalities minister, after she asked them to explain how they intended to support more disabled people to become MPs and councillors. Penny Mordaunt (pictured) wrote last April to the […]

Labour leadership: Starmer backs calls for free social care

By John Pring on 13th February 2020 Category: Politics

Labour leadership: Starmer backs calls for free social care
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The MP leading the race to be Labour’s next leader has become the first candidate to back calls by disabled people’s groups for the introduction of free social care, funded by national progressive taxation. Sir Keir Starmer, Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary, […]

Labour leadership: Nandy pledges ‘truth and justice’ fight for DWP victims

By John Pring on 6th February 2020 Category: Politics

Labour leadership: Nandy pledges ‘truth and justice’ fight for DWP victims
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Labour leadership candidate Lisa Nandy has backed calls for an independent inquiry into deaths linked to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and has pledged to fight for “truth and justice” on behalf of those who died. One of four […]

Labour leadership: Long-Bailey promises policy partnership with disabled people

By John Pring on 6th February 2020 Category: Politics

Labour leadership: Long-Bailey promises policy partnership with disabled people
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One of the front-runners to be Labour’s next leader has pledged to work in partnership with disabled people to develop party policy, if she wins the contest. Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary and seen as the leading candidate for those […]

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