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Disabled campaigners say they want more than a “part-time minister” for disabled people under the new Labour government. A fringe meeting at Labour’s annual party conference in Liverpool heard of concerns that Sir Stephen Timms had too many responsibilities as the […]
The new government has yet to announce who will be Labour’s minister for disabled people, but the decision not to appoint Vicky Foxcroft to the post has set back relations with significant parts of the disabled people’s movement. Foxcroft, who has […]
The minister for disabled people has refused to explain why she shared a social media post that described her own government’s disability benefit reforms as “dangerous” and accused ministers of “demonising” disabled people. Mims Davies, who has been minister for disabled […]
Disabled Conservatives are considering tearing up their party memberships in protest at the decision to downgrade the importance of the role of minister for disabled people. They spoke out after a chaotic day last Thursday (14 December) saw the government originally […]
The government has given no indication of when – or even if – it intends to appoint a replacement for the minister for disabled people, Sarah Newton, who resigned last week over Brexit. Nearly a week after Newton’s resignation, no replacement […]
The new government has downgraded the importance of the role of the minister for disabled people, just days after winning the general election. The ministerial post had previously been a junior ministerial role until the October 2013 appointment of Mike Penning, […]