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End disability poverty - campaign update
Fantastic news as over 200 MPs have now
signed our Early Day Motion (EDM) to end disability poverty!
To put this into context, in 2006/07 there were 2359 EDMs
tabled and only 29 received the support of 200 MPs or more. So far in
2007/08 there have been 1128 EDMs tabled, of which our motion comes in the
top 10, at number 8 for the highest amount of support from MPs!
In addition, Mark Harper MP, the Conservative’s Spokesperson
on Disability, has challenged the government to tackle disability poverty
following the findings of our report. James Purnell, the new Secretary of
State for Work and Pensions, has committed to studying the report’s
findings and recommendations and looking at ways in which they can
influence government policy. The full exchange in the House of Commons can be read
here.
You can also read John Knight’s (Head of Policy &
Campaigns at Leonard Cheshire Disability) article on disability poverty,
published today, in the Comment is Free section of the Guardian Online.
Thank you to all of you who have sent a
postcard to your MP so far. Your campaigning efforts have really helped to get the
government and all political parties to take notice and will ensure that they
continue to listen to the voices of disabled people.
If you haven’t sent a postcard yet or if you want to encourage
your friends and family to do so then there is still time. We want MPs to
receive as many postcards as possible before 3rd April when they go on
their Easter break.
To send a postcard online go to www.enddisabilitypoverty.org
– it takes just a couple of minutes to do. Alternatively you can contact us
at campaigning@LCDisability.org
and ask us to send you some printed copies that you can fill out and post
to your MP.
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