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THE next Labour government should legally enshrine the right to independent living and set up a national system to help disabled people, trade unionists said yesterday.
Delegates at the TUC Congress in Brighton voted to call on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to establish a national independent living support service to give disabled people more flexibility, independence and control over their lives.
The motion said a Labour government should pass legislation recognising the universal right to independent living and politicians should work with disabled people in local communities to establish such a service.
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
