General Election 2015: Labour sets out policies to woo 12 million decisive disabled voters

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-labour-sets-out-policies-to-woo-12-million-decisive-disabled-voters-10188986.html

Labour has set out the policies it hopes will win over the votes of 12 million disabled people.

The party thinks disabled people will have a decisive role to play in who wins the election, with research showing that more than 100 marginal seats contain more disable people than the winning majorities at the last election.

Scrapping the ‘bedroom tax’, including disabled people in government policy committees, tough new laws on disability hate crimes and reform of the Work Capability Assessment were pledges announced by Rachel Reeves, the shadow work and pensions secretary.

Campaigners demonstrating against the Bedroom Tax outside the Royal Courts of Justice, earlier this year Campaigners demonstrating against the Bedroom Tax outside the Royal Courts of Justice, earlier this year Labour also promised to introduce a tailored work support programme for disabled people who are out of work but want to start a job.

Politicians taking the disability vote seriously?! How can we make that happen on this side of the pond?

[liberal_at_heart]

1. American politicians will take disability serious when there is a plague that makes a large

amount of rich people disabled.

[T_i_B]

2. The current government's record on disability issues is truly apalling

So in theory Labour don't need to do too much to woo disabled voters other then promise to reverse a good many policies from the past 5 years.