Labour’s ‘Mini Manifesto’ On Disability Issues Released Online Yesterday

…Same Difference believes that this is the first document of its kind to be released by any political Party so far ahead of the 2015 General Election. We warmly welcome its release….

WRONG

The news blackout on the real anti austerity parties have had disability policies long ago, ignored by national press and TV news.

SNP SAID DISABILITIES POLICIES DURING THE LEADERS’ DEBATE

What SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon said on the Leaders’ Debate
http://www.snp.org/media-centre/news/2015/apr/snp-challenge-westminster-disability-benefit-cuts

…”Rolling out Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) to replace Disability Living Allowance will see over 100,000 working age disabled people in Scotland lose some or all of their benefit by 2018 – representing a cut of £300 million a year, with a loss of at least £1,120 a year per person who loses out. Some 47,000 disabled people in Scotland are expected to lose up to £2,964 a year as a consequence of changes in eligibility to the mobility component.

At UK level, the cut in disability benefit represents nearly £3 billion a year by 2017/18, with over a million people losing out.

The SNP propose a modest increase in public spending in real terms in order to stop proposed cuts – and support halting the roll out of Personal Independence Payments to stop the “savage cuts” to disability benefits.” …”Labour’s track record in Scotland is voting with the Tories and Lib Dems against halting the roll-out of PIPs.” …

TUSC – DISABILITY

Policies and MP candidates – 113 MP candidates throughout England, total 135 candidates the other few in Wales and Scotland.

http://tusc2015.com/tuscs-general-election-challenge/

This has been on TUSC’s website for years, to my memory.

DECENT PENSIONS AND BENEFITS
Abolish the bedroom tax.
Reverse cuts to benefits; for living benefits; end child poverty. Scrap benefit sanctions.
Restore the pre-Thatcher real value of pensions. Reverse the increases imposed on the state retirement age, creating jobs for younger people.

STOP THE ATTACKS ON DISABLED PEOPLE
Promote inclusive policies to enable disabled people to participate in, and have equal access to, education, employment, housing, transport and welfare provision.
Support measures to ensure disabled people receive a level of income according to needs. Equal pay for equal work.

http://www.tusc.org.uk/policy

THE LEFT UNITY PARTY
http://leftunity.org/manifesto-2015-equality/

Been on their website ages as well:

Disabled people

Left Unity acknowledges that disability is the result of the social oppression of people with physical and/or intellectual impairments, and people with severe emotional distress. Left Unity is committed to involving disabled people in all areas of policy, practice and decision-making, and learning from their experience.

The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) has been misused to force disabled people off benefits and has caused distress and poverty. It is unfit for purpose and must be scrapped (see Social Security) – the results will be the same whether ATOS runs it or any other contractor. Disabled people should be supported to work but never penalised by the benefits system.

Other benefit cuts, justified using unfair media attacks on benefit claimants, are having a disproportionate effect on disabled people. The Independent Living Fund and Disability Living Allowance should be reinstated – these are vital benefits for basic day-to-day life.

As a party Left Unity supports disabled people’s campaigns and aims to be accessible to all.

PLAID CYMRU

A disabled blogger – Calum’s List

http://calumslist.org/vote-ge2015/

THIS WAS ON THE LAUNCH OF PLAID CYMRU’s MANIFESTO QUITE A WHILE AGO NOW

Further devolution of welfare by developing
Welsh employment and benefits sytem,
involving disabled people and groups that represent the interests of disabled people
in designing and developing such systems.

Remove penalties for using pre-payment meters
for energy bills
for lowest fixed income poor.

Promote adapted housing,
allowing residents to stay in own homes or
specially built accommodation, rather than move into care.

Promote Extra-care housing and work with councils to ensure Disabled Facilities Grants and Care and Repair adaptions implemented.

LOOK AFTER DISCHARGED SOLDIERS

Support war veterans with after care for military personnel after leaving forces, including legal advice, healthcare and counselling support by reinforcing the Military Covenant by a
Military Well-Being Act

VOTE MEBYON KERNOW

Vote Out Cornwall’s
6
Tory and
Lib Dem MPs

Mebyon Kernow is committed to a just and fair society.

We believe effective public intervention is needed to combat poverty, tackle social deprivation and fight for the disadvantaged, and to tackle ills in Cornish society, such as social deprivation, unemployment, low wages and poor housing.

MK will fight to protect funding for programmes and initiatives which seek to protect and enhance the living standards for those in need and the less-well-off.

HOW POOR VOTER NOW VASTLY OUTNUMBERS ALL OTHER VOTERS

See on:
http://www.anastasia-england.me.uk

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