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…
Disability
Labour’s commitment to disabled people
The forthcoming general election offers 11 million disabled voters the chance to make their voice heard about the…
How the government introduced a “Laptop tax” for disabled students
Wednesday is UN International Day of Disabled People. A day to celebrate the contribution disabled people make to…
Labour will treat disabled people with dignity and respect
Exactly a year ago when the last Remploy factories were closed, government ministers promised Remploy workers support to…
Remploy – a year after the last closure
A year ago today the last Remploy factory officially shut its doors. That was a sad day for…
This government needs to fundamentally change the way it treats disabled people
By Stephen Timms and Kate Green Lord Freud’s now notorious suggestion that disabled people were not “worth” the…
Tory minister: “disabled people work harder because they’re grateful to have a job”
Tory Minister Lord Freud was put under pressure this week after he suggested that disabled people were “not…
Tory MP reckons people who don’t agree with Lord Freud are “in cloud cuckoo land”
Tory welfare minister Lord Freud had to make a grovelling apology yesterday after saying that people with disabilities…
Commons vote to exempt more people Bedroom Tax passes
A vote in the House of Commons to reduce the number of people hit by the Bedroom Tax…
Should Labour consider Disability shortlists for Westminster selections?
Last week David Blunkett – former Labour home secretary and a disabled MP – announced that he will…
