A minister has failed to explain why his boss set up a board of experts to examine “economic inactivity” without appointing a single representative of a disabled people’s organisation. #LabourConference
A minister has failed to explain why his boss set up a board of experts to examine “economic inactivity” without appointing a single representative of a disabled people’s organisation (DPO). Sir St…
Labour has been accused of treating one of its own disabled delegates like a “third-class citizen”, after refusing to allow her to enter its party conference with her assistance dog. #LabourConference
Labour has been accused of treating one of its own disabled delegates like a “third-class citizen”, after refusing to allow her to enter its party conference with her assistance dog. It is the late…
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. #LabourConference
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 p…
A disabled Labour MP has delivered a passionate call for action over the number of autistic people and people with learning difficulties who are “imprisoned” in inpatient mental health units. #LabourConference
A disabled Labour MP has delivered a passionate call for action over the number of autistic people and people with learning difficulties who are “imprisoned” in inpatient mental health units. Jen C…
Disabled campaigners say they want more than a “part-time minister” for disabled people under the new Labour government. #LabourConference
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 c…
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has ignored a question on why she shared a platform at her party’s annual conference with an outsourcing giant linked to the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. #LabourConference#Maximus
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has ignored a question on why she shared a platform at her party’s annual conference with an outsourcing giant linked to the deaths of disabled benefit claim…
Disabled campaigners have warned that plans to give the government sweeping powers to carry out financial surveillance on benefit claimants are “a recipe for abuse and miscarriages of justice”. #LabourConference
Disabled campaigners have warned that plans to give the government sweeping powers to carry out financial surveillance on benefit claimants are “a recipe for abuse and miscarriages of justice”. Pri…
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. #LabourConference
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 hi…
The minister for social security has admitted there are serious safety concerns with universal credit, following coroners’ reports that linked the working-age benefits system with the suicides of two disabled claimants. #LabourConference#TheDepartment
The minister for social security has admitted there are serious safety concerns with universal credit, following coroners’ reports that linked the working-age benefits system with the suicides of t…
I dropped into the #LabourConference this week… slightly weird energy this year, with such a multitude of new MPs preening for the attention of exhibitors, press and members, rather than everyone courting *them*. You want backbench engagement for your cause? It’s fish-in-a-barrel shooting season RN!