Yvette Cooper

Benefits and Poverty

March 17, 2016

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Yvette Cooper slams ‘appalling’ failure of ministers to act over coroner’s letter

Labour’s former work and pensions secretary has attacked Tory ministers for failing to order an urgent review of the “fitness for work” test after a coroner warned that it had triggered a disabled man’s suicide. Yvette Cooper has told Disability News Service that the failure of work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith and

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George Osborne delivering his budget speech

March 17, 2016

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Osborne’s budget sparks anger, fear… and a resignation

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This week’s budget – which confirmed cuts of more than £1 billion a year to disabled people’s support, while awarding huge giveaways to high earners – has sparked almost universal anger among disabled people. The chancellor, George Osborne, said in his budget speech that the changes to the eligibility criteria of personal independence payment

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August 21, 2015

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Corbyn and Cooper put Kendall and Burnham in the shade on disability

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The four candidates to be Labour’s next leader have produced between them only a small handful of policies aimed at disabled people, after being quizzed by some of their own party’s disabled members. Although the four were praised for their overall commitment to equalities, critics within the party say they appear to have given

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July 24, 2015

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Labour leadership trio cause fury after late leap onto ILF bandwagon

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Disabled activists have angrily dismissed the attempts of three Labour leadership contenders to win support by suddenly voicing opposition to the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). They are furious that Andy Burnham (pictured), Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall are now claiming that they oppose the closure, even though they repeatedly failed to

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July 17, 2015

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Labour’s four leadership contenders show contrasting views on disability benefits

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The four candidates to be the next leader of the Labour party have revealed their thoughts about disability issues such as benefit sanctions, the “fit for work” test, and Labour’s record in government. Concerns among many disabled activists were raised when leadership contender Andy Burnham said in May that Labour had “become associated with giving people who don’t want to help

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June 19, 2015

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Kendall isolated over benefits rhetoric, after Labour leadership debate

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Three of the four candidates for the Labour leadership have distanced themselves from continuing efforts by politicians and sections of the media to whip up hostility towards disabled benefit claimants. In a televised BBC2 debate among the four candidates, Yvette Cooper and Jeremy Corbyn delivered the strongest attack on the anti-benefits rhetoric that has

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June 12, 2015

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Labour’s Burnham and Kendall dodge questions on disability benefits… again

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Two of the front-runners to become Labour’s new leader have again dodged attempts to clarify whether they back efforts to whip up hostility towards disabled benefit claimants. Disability News Service has been attempting for the last 10 days – through repeated phone calls and emails – to secure answers from Andy Burnham and Liz

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June 5, 2015

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Labour’s Burnham and Kendall dodge questions on benefits rhetoric

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The two front-runners to become Labour’s new leader have both evaded repeated attempts to clarify their position on social security cuts and support for disabled people. Both Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall have recently made comments that suggest they back right-wing attempts to whip up hostility towards benefit claimants. But this week, despite several

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