The proposed changes 'are symptomatic of the continued systematic violation of disabled folk'
Welfare
From the Bedroom Tax to Work Capability Assessments, the Government is accused of systematically failing disabled people
We should celebrate the birth of the NHS and the welfare state – but also acknowledge it has too often let learning disabled people down in the worst way imaginable, writes Stephen Unwin
Keir Starmer's spokesman opened the door to a potential U-turn on his plans to keep the controversial cap, following growing criticism from Labour MPs
Attacks on disabled people have all too often dressed themselves in the clothes of good housekeeping – as the newspaper's tax calculator suggests
By Conor Smyth / Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) A ban on evictions. Required paid leave. Continuous Medicaid coverage. Free school meals. Emergency SNAP allotments. An extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits. Child tax credit expansion. Thousands in stimulus checks. These measures were part of a suite of policies the US government passed […]
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The Royal Commission into the Liberals’ Robodebt scheme has exposed the scale of lies and cover up that went into defending an illegal policy designed to punish the poor.
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It’s timely that Who Cares? has landed in our bookshops just as public hearings by the Robodebt Royal Commission wind up this month.
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The Labour leader is missing a once in a generation chance to set out much-needed radical reforms for a broken nation, argues his former advisor Simon Fletcher
The money could be 'much better spent providing the support that disabled people need to take part more fully in society' – Chaminda Jayanetti reports