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Labour and Lib Dems give half-hearted welcome to DWP deaths evidence

By John Pring on 14th July 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour and Lib Dems give half-hearted welcome to DWP deaths evidence
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Political parties implicated in decades of government failings that have led to the deaths of countless disabled benefit claimants have given a half-hearted welcome to new research that brings together more than 30 years of evidence proving those links. The draft […]

Greens set to ‘embarrass’ other parties after backing free social care

By John Pring on 28th October 2021 Category: Independent Living

Greens set to ‘embarrass’ other parties after backing free social care
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The Green Party has become the only major political party to support free social care for all adults who need it in England, following an “overwhelming” vote at its annual conference. The party said the proposals would put social care “on […]

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 […]

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 […]

Lib Dems admit: ‘Our policy is to legalise assisted suicide’

By John Pring on 30th January 2020 Category: Human Rights

Lib Dems admit: ‘Our policy is to legalise assisted suicide’
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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 […]

Election post-mortem: Number of disabled MPs may have fallen to just five

By John Pring on 19th December 2019 Category: Politics

Election post-mortem: Number of disabled MPs may have fallen to just five
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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, […]

Deaf election candidate plans legal action over government’s access costs refusal

By John Pring on 19th December 2019 Category: Politics

Deaf election candidate plans legal action over government’s access costs refusal
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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 […]

Election 2019: Shadow chancellor says disabled voters ‘will make Tories pay for austerity’

By John Pring on 11th December 2019 Category: Politics

Election 2019: Shadow chancellor says disabled voters ‘will make Tories pay for austerity’
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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 […]

Election 2019: Five parties make final pitches to disabled voters

By John Pring on 11th December 2019 Category: Politics

Election 2019: Five parties make final pitches to disabled voters
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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 […]

Election 2019: Lib Dems copied disability policies from 2017 manifesto

By John Pring on 28th November 2019 Category: Politics

Election 2019: Lib Dems copied disability policies from 2017 manifesto
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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 […]

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