the country's only news agency specialising in disability issues
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 […]
The Liberal Democrats have been accused of an “appalling attack on disabled people” after they admitted that their party policy is to call for assisted suicide to be legalised. The party issued a press release at the weekend welcoming what it […]
Disabled campaigners have called for action after last week’s general election appears to have left the House of Commons with just five disabled MPs. Before the election, there were only seven MPs who have at some point self-described as disabled people, […]
A Deaf candidate in last week’s general election is planning to take legal action against the government after he had to raise thousands of pounds to cover the cost of sign language interpreters during the campaign. Liberal Democrat David Buxton, who […]
Disabled voters will tomorrow make the Conservatives pay for what they have done to them over the last decade of austerity, Labour’s shadow chancellor has told a rally of party activists. John McDonnell told the pre-election rally of disabled Labour supporters […]
Five political parties have made their final pitches to potential disabled voters on the eve of tomorrow’s general election. Disability News Service (DNS) asked the Conservatives, the Green party, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the SNP to explain in […]
The Liberal Democrats have been unable to explain why several of their general election policies on disability were copied word-for-word from their 2017 manifesto. Last week, Disability News Service (DNS) reported that the party had refused to explain why it had […]
Disabled Liberal Democrats have sent a formal complaint to their own party after it failed to take disciplinary action against a general election candidate who admitted posting a string of disablist “jokes” on social media. The entire executive committee of the […]
The Liberal Democrats have refused to explain why they have omitted disabled people from key measures in their equalities manifesto. The equalities manifesto includes measures that address discrimination in the workplace, the criminal justice system and education, but they focus on […]
The Liberal Democrats have failed to offer a detailed policy on how they would reform care and support for working-age disabled people if they win the election, although they have pledged to reopen the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The manifesto failure […]