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Human rights watchdog ‘neutered’ by years of Tory appointments, say activists

By John Pring on 18th July 2024 Category: Human Rights

Human rights watchdog ‘neutered’ by years of Tory appointments, say activists
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Disabled activists have called on the new Labour government to reform the equality and human rights watchdog, after years of appointments of divisive figures to its board by Conservative ministers have left it “neutered” and unable to do its job. The […]

Truss ‘must act now’ to prevent disabled people facing ‘humanitarian crisis’ this winter

By John Pring on 15th September 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Truss ‘must act now’ to prevent disabled people facing ‘humanitarian crisis’ this winter
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Campaigners have written to the new prime minister to ask her to act urgently to prevent disabled people facing a “humanitarian crisis” this winter due to the “devastating and intensifying” levels of poverty they are facing. They warn Liz Truss in […]

New DWP boss faces claim she misled parliament over ‘fitness for work’ stats

By John Pring on 8th September 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

New DWP boss faces claim she misled parliament over ‘fitness for work’ stats
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Newly-promoted Chloe Smith faces a claim that she misled parliament about the failure of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to publish “essential” figures about its “fitness for work” assessments. The claim has emerged just days after Smith was appointed […]

Outrage of trio of bereaved relatives as Coffey is elevated to deputy prime minister

By John Pring on 8th September 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Outrage of trio of bereaved relatives as Coffey is elevated to deputy prime minister
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Three disabled women who lost relatives because of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failings have expressed their shock and anger at the appointment of Therese Coffey as the new deputy prime minister. Coffey, who was also appointed health and social care […]

Truss and Sunak dodge questions from disabled Tory members

By John Pring on 18th August 2022 Category: Politics

Truss and Sunak dodge questions from disabled Tory members
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The two Conservative candidates to be the next prime minister are both refusing to face questions at an event organised by disabled members of their own party. Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have both ducked out of attending hustings events for […]

Silence from Truss and Sunak on how they would improve lives of disabled people

By John Pring on 11th August 2022 Category: Politics

Silence from Truss and Sunak on how they would improve lives of disabled people
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The two candidates to be the next leader of the Conservative party – and to take over from Boris Johnson as prime minister – have refused to say how they would improve the lives of disabled people if they won the […]

Minister makes second U-turn over elected office support

By John Pring on 12th March 2020 Category: Politics

Minister makes second U-turn over elected office support
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The government has performed a second U-turn in two months as it finally agreed to extend support to disabled politicians who need help with the extra costs of standing in May’s local elections. The temporary EnAble fund, which provides support to […]

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 […]

Election 2019: Minister thinks social care green paper does not exist

By John Pring on 11th December 2019 Category: Independent Living

Election 2019: Minister thinks social care green paper does not exist
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A senior Tory minister has admitted she believes that the government’s long-awaited green paper on adult social care does not actually exist. The government has been promising to publish the green paper, which would lay out plans for addressing the adult […]

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