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Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer faces disabled people’s fears as senior MPs quiz him over benefit cuts

By John Pring on 10th April 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Starmer faces disabled people’s fears as senior MPs quiz him over benefit cuts
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The prime minister has been forced to face the fears of disabled people who are unable to work and have been left feeling “full of panic” and “physically sick” at the thought of benefit cuts that could leave future claimants £3,000 […]

MP warns prime minister his social care delays risk reform being ‘kiboshed’ at next general election

By John Pring on 10th April 2025 Category: Independent Living

MP warns prime minister his social care delays risk reform being ‘kiboshed’ at next general election
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The prime minister has been warned by a senior MP that his decision to delay reform of adult social care in England risks Labour’s plans being “kiboshed” at the next general election. Sir Keir Starmer was appearing in front of the […]

Prime minister ‘should be ashamed’ after he fails to provide evidence for latest ‘fit for work’ attack

By John Pring on 20th February 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Prime minister ‘should be ashamed’ after he fails to provide evidence for latest ‘fit for work’ attack
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The prime minister has failed to produce any evidence to back up “baseless” and “poisonous” claims in a newspaper article that large numbers of young disabled people are pretending they are not fit enough to work. Sir Keir Starmer made the […]

Prime minister suggests all those on sickness benefits should look for work

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Prime minister suggests all those on sickness benefits should look for work
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The prime minister has suggested that all claimants of long-term sickness benefits will be expected to look for work under his government’s plans to reform social security. Sir Keir Starmer made his comments in a BBC interview that was broadcast yesterday […]

Silence again from Labour ministers on accessible housing, despite new announcements

By John Pring on 26th September 2024 Category: Housing

Silence again from Labour ministers on accessible housing, despite new announcements
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Labour ministers have again failed to make any commitment to toughening standards on accessible homes, despite announcing a string of new housing measures at their annual party conference. Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, who is also the housing secretary, told the […]

‘Significant’ victory over DWP ‘cruelty’ after family’s nine-year WCA death battle

By John Pring on 7th July 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Significant’ victory over DWP ‘cruelty’ after family’s nine-year WCA death battle
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The family of a disabled man who took his own life nine years ago after being unfairly found fit for work have welcomed a “small but significant” tribunal ruling that has once again highlighted the “cruelty” of the Department for Work […]

Labour leadership: Starmer backs calls for free social care

By John Pring on 13th February 2020 Category: Politics

Labour leadership: Starmer backs calls for free social care
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The MP leading the race to be Labour’s next leader has become the first candidate to back calls by disabled people’s groups for the introduction of free social care, funded by national progressive taxation. Sir Keir Starmer, Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary, […]

Labour leadership: Starmer dodges questions on housing, care and rights

By John Pring on 6th February 2020 Category: Politics

Labour leadership: Starmer dodges questions on housing, care and rights
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The front-runner in the contest to be the next Labour leader has refused to answer key questions about his policies on disability equality. As with all four remaining leadership contenders, Sir Keir Starmer was sent six questions nearly two weeks ago […]

Archive shows how Labour’s five would-be leaders have highlighted rights

By John Pring on 16th January 2020 Category: Politics

Archive shows how Labour’s five would-be leaders have highlighted rights
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The five candidates to be the next leader of the Labour party have raised issues such as accessible transport, the closure of the Independent Living Fund and the deaths of benefit claimants over the last 10 years, a new analysis has […]

WCA death doctor: DWP put ‘immense pressure’ on Atos to find claimants fit for work

By John Pring on 5th December 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

WCA death doctor: DWP put ‘immense pressure’ on Atos to find claimants fit for work
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A company paid to assess disabled people’s fitness for work was put under “immense pressure” by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to find claimants ineligible for out-of-work disability benefits, official records have revealed. DWP has insisted for years that […]

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