A better future for disabled people
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Shadow Disabilities Minister Kate Green and Labour MP Rachel Reeves have today launched Labour’s Manifesto for Disabled People
The manifesto promises to;
- Toughen up the law on disability hate crime
- Reform the Work Capability Assessment and introduce a specialist Work Support programme to provide tailored support to help disabled people who can work to gain employment
- Abolish the Bedroom Tax. Two thirds of those affected are disabled and 60,000 carers are hit
- Ensure properly qualified teachers work with disabled children and those with special educational needs
- Give mental health the same priority as physical health on the NHS, giving people the same rights to psychological therapies as they have to drugs and medical treatment
- Place disabled people at the heart of decision making by inviting them to sit alongside ministers on a cross-government committee to develop disability policy