26th June 2025 / 26th June 2025 by kaila-jay
I am scared about my future, and the future for many disabled people in the UK and beyond. When Labour were elected, even under Kier Starmer, I hoped that they would remember they stand for the working classes, not just the “workers”. Instead, we’ve ended up in a strange upside-down world where disabled people are […]
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5th December 2023 by Lauren James
3 months it took, 3 months for reasonable adjustments to be made at my most recent job. Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010 calls for changes or adjustments to be made to ensure you can access the work environment if you’re disabled. (I would have pasted here the Act’s exact words but ironically the […]
26th September 2023 / 3rd October 2023 by Lauren James
This weekend, I travelled to Chichester to meet friends. As most disabled people do, I researched my journey options thoroughly and bought a return ticket from my home city of Leicester from the ticket office on Friday. Due to my condition, MS, I don’t know if I’m going to be well enough to travel, so […]
21st January 2023 / 22nd August 2023 by Lauren James
Outrage after outrage seems to follow every move by our current government. As they continue to smash the NHS into thousands of disparate pieces, and fail to protect the environment or workers’ rights, they also leave us all to the mercies of a badly regulated and dysfunctional energy market. Whilst pressures on all of us […]
