Disability Labour
Socialist society associated with the UK Labour Party From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Disability Labour is a socialist society associated with the UK Labour Party.[1][2] Disability Labour seeks to represent and support disabled Labour members and supporters.[3] They are an independent policy-making group on disability with further "aims to support and develop disabled party members to serve as policymakers, ministers and elected officials".[4]
| Formation | 1996[1] |
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| Headquarters | London, England |
| Location |
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| Membership | 1300 (according to email from organisation) (2021) |
Chair |
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| Affiliations | Labour Party |
| Website | disabilitylabour |
Membership
Group membership is free to disabled Labour members and their carers.[5]
Individual, CLP, and trade union affiliation is offered with Unison an example of a trade union affiliate to Disability Labour.[6]
History
2015
In 2015, Disability Labour was relaunched - announced in the 2015 Labour Party conference.[7]
2018
In 2018 the executive committee of Disability Labour was widely replaced with members from the Disability Equality Act Labour (DEAL) campaign group after tensions over the previous executive committee.[8]
The same year also saw the co-chair Fran Springfield criticising the UK's Department for Work and Pensions endorsement of Purple Tuesday,[9] a disability-awareness day for retail establishments, for fears it would lead to greater discrimination.[10]
See also
References
External links
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