Monthly Archives: March 2012

Anger over Boris snub for user-led question time

London’s mayor has been criticised for failing to turn up for an event that provided an opportunity for disabled people to question candidates for May’s mayoral election.
Three of the four leading candidates for mayor attended the “hustings” organised by two disabled people’s organisations, Inclusion London and Transport for All (TfA), but the mayor Boris Johnson [...]

Remploy campaign ‘could lead to factory occupations’

Closing many of the remaining Remploy factories is set to lead to direct action, national protests and even the occupation of the factories by disabled workers, a meeting of campaigners and union activists has heard.
Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) this week pledged its full support for a campaign against the closures, at a meeting it [...]