Revealed: New code of conduct to stop disability discrimination within Labour
Labour’s national executive committee has approved a new code of conduct on discrimination against disabled people, setting out…
Disability
The verdict on disability inclusion in the Labour Party? Room for improvement
The Forde report makes for difficult reading about the impact of antisemitism, racism and factionalism within the party…
Labour must seize the chance to boost equality for disabled party candidates
In January 2019, I started a campaign for disabled Labour candidates to receive the same support as party…
Rolling list: CLP nominations of Labour NEC disabled members rep candidates
Several positions are up for grabs on Labour’s national executive committee (NEC), and Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) have…
Our disabled people’s commission can identify barriers and deliver change
Labour has traditionally led the way in challenging ableism. More recently, this has meant standing up to central…
Labour unveils ‘disability manifesto’ worth £2.6bn
Labour has unveiled measures worth £2.6bn to tackle discrimination and restore protections for disabled people and their families…
Stephen Timms: Jobs plan shows Tories have betrayed disabled people once again
On Monday the government published Improving Lives, its long awaited work, health and disability green paper. It makes big…
Tories should “hang their heads in shame” over disability failures
Owen Smith has called on the Tories to “find a conscience” after a peers’ report revealed disabled…
Corbyn and his MPs rally in opposition to typical Tory Budget
Jeremy Corbyn hated this Budget. Of course, leaders of the Opposition generally don’t like Tory Budgets, but the…
Labour’s commitment to disabled people
The forthcoming general election offers 11 million disabled voters the chance to make their voice heard about the…
