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Vote asks Labour for disability support
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.
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