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The elections watchdog has criticised political parties that failed to produce their general election manifestos in accessible formats. The Electoral Commission has also highlighted how disabled candidates were still not able to secure government funding to support them with their access […]
The SNP has said almost nothing in its manifesto about how it would fight for the rights of disabled people at Westminster if its candidates are elected as MPs next month, five years after its last general election manifesto faced similar […]
Kim Marshall decided to stand in the general election because she has already spent most of her life speaking up for those who cannot speak up for themselves, and teaching others how to do that. Although she knows her first duty, […]
The “aggressive attitude” on benefit sanctions that was taken by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the coalition years of 2013 to 2015 is “back with a vengeance”, MPs have been warned. A debate on DWP’s policy on benefit […]
Disabled people in Scotland could be set for “ground-breaking” improvements to the “protection, progression, and promotion” of their human rights, after their government pledged to incorporate the UN disability convention into Scottish law. The promise came as the Scottish government accepted […]
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 […]
The SNP’s general election manifesto includes just three mentions of disability or disabled people, and only one of those is related to a policy it would push for in the next parliament. Many policies that have a specific impact on disabled […]
MPs have been asked why they are failing to speak out to back calls for a police investigation into alleged criminal misconduct by ministers and civil servants that may have led to the deaths of benefit claimants. The Justice for Jodey […]
Two opposition parties are writing urgent letters to work and pensions secretary Esther McVey – while a third is demanding an investigation – about a possible cover-up over documents linking the “fitness for work” test with the deaths of benefit claimants. […]
The SNP’s annual conference has unanimously called on the UK government to implement the findings of a UN committee of disability rights experts, after a disabled activist demanded “justice for the dead” and “rights for the living”. The motion proposed by […]