The return of disability scapegoating
Fast forward 14 years since the Sun’s repugnant ‘Beat the Cheat’ campaign, and the same misguided and exaggerated vilification of disabled people has resurfaced, this time under a Labour government.
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Revealed: Young workers disproportionately affected by ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts
Only 8% of young workers would choose a zero-hours contract
Who is Sarah Pochin, Reform UK’s Runcorn and Helsby by-election candidate?
Sarah Pochin has a history of switching political allegiances
‘The chancellor can’t cut her way to growth’ – Unions react to Rachel Reeves’ spring statement
‘As the last 14 years have shown us, you cannot cut your way to growth.’
Clive Lewis slams Tories’ 14 years in government as an ‘unmitigated disaster’
‘David Cameron, George Osborne, austerity, Brexit, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss. It was an unmitigated 14-year disaster.’
‘The government needs to think about people’: A PIP recipient reacts to Labour’s plans to cut disability benefits
“When it comes to applying cuts and changes, the government needs to really look at the lives of people with learning disabilities”
Will the right unite – and how will the left respond?
If the right unites, especially if Dominic Cummings, the inveterate plotter and ‘strategic genius’ (Barnard Castle rather undermined the genius label) gets into bed with Farage, the left could be in trouble. How Labour responds will be crucial.
Government considers new rules to stop Elon Musk from making ‘unlimited’ political donations
70% of voters believe foreign nationals who can’t vote in the UK should not be allowed to make political donations
Government questioned on plans to reform ‘flawed’ First Past the Post voting system
MPs highlighted that Labour policy acknowledges flaws in the current voting system that are “contributing to distrust and alienation in politics”
Labour’s disability benefit reforms slammed as ‘devastating’ and ‘shameful’
The Work and Pensions Secretary confirmed the reforms will cut £5 billion a year from the welfare bill by 2030