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The high court in London has this week heard a legal challenge that aims to expose how the last Conservative government used a “sham consultation” to try to push through “cataclysmic” cuts to disability benefits of nearly £3 billion over four […]
Disabled activists have questioned why a Labour-run department was in the high court this week defending cuts proposed by the last government which would cause “human suffering” among hundreds of thousands of claimants of out-of-work disability benefits. They spoke during a […]
Disabled activists and unions have come together to fight what they fear will be a renewed, hostile attack on disabled people who rely on social security at next week’s budget. A parliamentary meeting this week heard disabled campaigners and senior union […]
Disabled trade unionists have warned that they will hold Labour to account on the promises it makes to improve the rights of disabled workers, if the party wins power at July’s general election. They have also called for activists to exert […]
Disabled activists have announced a fightback against a series of “horrific” government social security reforms and have called for “active resistance” to the plans, starting with a national day of action and a protest in London early next month. A meeting […]
Teachers, train drivers and other union activists have called for urgent action to secure the rights of disabled workers with long Covid. Among their demands, they are calling for statutory recognition of long Covid to ensure disabled employees are protected under […]
A union has published a booklet filled with tributes to the life and work of the “unique and irreplaceable” disabled activist Seán McGovern, who died two years ago. The booklet, Remembering Seán McGovern (PDF)*, by Mark Metcalf, is being launched today […]
Disabled campaigners and allies protested this week against “discriminatory” plans to move a taxi rank further away from platforms at Leeds railway station. Hundreds of people have raised concerns about the plans, which even led to Leeds City Council paying a […]
The TUC has angered disabled union activists after failing to ensure that its annual conference was accessible to people with hearing and other impairments who tried to watch it online. Many activists were not able to follow this week’s annual TUC […]
Disabled and union activists have joined family, friends and politicians in paying tribute to Seán McGovern – a principled, tenacious and influential fighter for disability rights – who died last week. He died suddenly, only a day after the death of […]