A Plea to Labour MPs ahead of today’s disability vote
As many of you will know, later today, Labour will force an opposition day debate calling on the government…
Disability
Ed has assured us that “Scrounger Rhetoric” is off the menu
When I heard Ed was to give a “big” welfare speech, my heart sank. Not again, I thought.…
Contribution and compassion – are these the key to Labour’s approach on welfare?
There was an interesting piece by James Kirkup in the Telegraph last Friday that didn’t get much attention,…
Gove aide implied journalist needed therapy – Media and blog round up: February 20th 2013
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The Government have u-turned on improving the lives of families with disabled children
David Cameron went into the last general election claiming that his Government would be the ‘most family friendly…
#esaSOS – the government are sneaking through major changes to how disabled people are assessed
On 28th January 2013 the UK government is due to make a set of changes to the Work…
NEC commits to taking sexuality, disability and social class into account for selections
The Labour NEC met this morning, and agreed on a rule change to include “Sexuality, disability and social class”…
On Remploy – the Coalition is again out of touch with reality
Today Remploy workers will go on strike across the country to defend their jobs, and they deserve our…
How far will we go with Austerity?
It’s been two years. Austerity is well under way, and already, cuts that would have been unthinkable before, ease…
Has the Labour party’s approach to sick and disabled people shifted?
Liam Byrne’s Beveridge2 speech yesterday has attracted a lot of attention. Here, three writers on disbility and social security…
