A HARSH AND UNCARING ETHOS  For over nine years, ever since May 2010, the Conservatives have been in office and in charge of the UK’s public expenditure.  For the first five years, up until May 2015, the Liberal Democrats joined with the Tories in a Coalition Government and thereby fully…

Jumbob is the name Frances Ryan gives to a 68-year old Ayrshire man with chronic lung disease, bone disease and fibromyalgia.  She interviewed him in the winter of 2017.   He sat wrapped up in a quilt in his freezing cold flat.  He could only afford to put the heating on…

We need to bring our old union banner adages to life for the 21st century, writes Trade Unionists of Tomorrow founder James Matthewson. (First published in Huffington Post on 7th Aug ’19) When we talk about tomorrow’s world and future generations, it’s easy to give in to wishful thinking. There…

Which is the only country to have been investigated by the UN Disabilities Committee?  The UK.  The UN’s Report on disabled people’s rights was very critical of the Government’s approach finding that it’s policies had led to ‘grave and systematic’ violations. It said that disabled people’s rights in social security,…

Berwick Constituency Labour Party Disability Forum is determined to campaign for justice and equality for local disabled people The Forum is concerned that some disabled people may not even know they have rights against discrimination.  The legal definition of a disabled person is much wider than many people think it…