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THERE were heartbreaking scenes in Westminster yesterday as disabled people tearfully mourned the closure of the independent living fund (ILF).
Members of Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) left hundreds of copies of a petition at Downing Street after it had been signed by over 27,000 supporters of the ILF.
They then marched with their supporters along Whitehall, to lay a wreath reading “RIP ILF” outside the House of Commons.
David Nicholson spoke to BETH WINTER about her bid to become a Senedd member as an independent running on a community grassroots campaign
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
The Labour Party proposal to scrap benefits for those unable to work will be debated in Parliament next Tuesday, and threatens the most vulnerable in our society. ALAN MORRISON presents some responses in poetry