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The House of Lords is “aeons ahead” of the Commons when it comes to providing an accessible working environment for parliamentarians, a disabled MP has told an inquiry. Labour’s Dr Marie Tidball was one of four disabled MPs, and a disabled […]
A disabled Labour MP has vowed to push her government to implement the UN disability convention into UK law, as she delivered a lecture set up to remember a much-admired activist. Marsha de Cordova, the MP for Battersea, was delivering the […]
Despite her party’s decision to drop its pledge to implement the UN’s disability convention into UK law, disabled Labour candidate Marsha de Cordova has this week confirmed her own long-standing commitment to the policy. She describes herself as a “lifelong campaigner […]
A disabled MP has warned that the introduction of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) across England has too often had a damaging impact on disabled people’s independence. Labour’s Marsha de Cordova told a parliamentary debate this week that many disabled people have […]
More than a third of employers who signed up to the government’s discredited disability employment scheme failed to employ a single disabled person after they joined, according to a report commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The report […]
Government support for disabled people in dealing with the extra costs they face has “barely scratched the surface” of their needs, a disabled MP has told a House of Commons debate. Labour’s Marsha de Cordova told fellow MPs on Monday that […]
Evidence is mounting that government plans to reform the disability benefits system are fatally flawed. Last week’s Transforming Support white paper appears to be slowly unravelling, with a growing number of serious concerns being raised by disabled activists, politicians, charities and […]
The number of people who had their disability benefits stopped for failing to return a reassessment form plummeted following the death of a young disabled mum in 2019, new figures have revealed. The figures show that, from 2016 to 2019, there […]
Work and pensions ministers have refused to answer scores of questions from MPs on issues that are vital to disabled people, research by Disability News Service (DNS) has revealed. In the last six months, ministers have repeatedly argued that they cannot […]
The minister for disabled people has refused to investigate why the number of disabled people whose disability benefits were stopped when they failed to return a vital form rose by more than 450 per cent in four years. The figures, released earlier […]