The table below summarises key points with the potential to affect people with disabilities and health conditions. My summary is:
- Voting for Liberal Democrat, Green or Plaid Cymru has better outcomes.
- Labour seems to have small positive movement.
- Scottish National Party appears to be fairly neutral
- Conservative are seeking to reform disability benefits, with otherwise small positive movement.
- Reform UK seem to have mostly negative outcomes.
|
Party |
Positive
highlights |
Negatives |
Others |
|
Liberal
Democrat |
·
Health: More GPs. Support for long term health
conditions. Access to new medications. ·
Benefits: Reform PIP to stop reassessments. Increase
statutory sick pay. ·
Care: Free personal care. Paid carers leave.
Higher carer allowance. ·
Transport: Improve accessibility at stations
and blue badges. ·
Rights: Disability pay gap reporting. Several improvements
to rights. ·
Education: More SEND funding. Free BSL
lessons. |
Nothing on
housing. |
Braille manifesto.
Other formats soon. |
|
Green |
·
Health: Reduce waiting lists. Better diagnostics.
Cancer plan. ·
Benefits: All disability benefits +5%. End
benefit sanctions. ·
Care: Free personal care. Higher carer allowance. ·
Transport: Make public transport accessible.
20mph speed limits. ·
Rights: Protection for disability pay gap.
Additional support in employment. ·
Housing: Right for inclusive housing. Cater
for disabilities in social housing. ·
Education: Fully inclusive and accessible schools,
more SEND funding. |
No negatives
of note. |
No other
manifesto formats. |
|
Labour |
·
Health: Reduce waiting lists. More GPs & Nurses.
Routes to specialists. Reduce health inequalities. ·
Benefits: Improve employment support for those
with disabilities & reasonable adjustments. ·
Care: Create National Care Service. Explore better
support. ·
Transport: Ensure rail accessibility. ·
Rights: Equal pay right for disabled.
Disability pay gap reporting. ·
Education: Improve inclusivity. Change SEND
decisions. |
Nothing on
housing. Manifesto
includes ableist language. |
Other manifesto
formats soon. |
|
Conservative |
·
Health: NHS spending above inflation. More GPs
and Nurses. Community diagnostics. Remove barriers to new treatments.
Research support. Other support plans. ·
Benefits: Simpler and fairer process for those
affected by severe conditions. ·
Care: Stand behind carers. Cap social care costs. ·
Transport: Improve accessibility at 100
stations. Potential ban on pavement parking. ·
Rights: Deliver disability action plan. Make
UK accessible. ·
Housing: Encourage different forms of housing. ·
Education: 60,000 more SEND places. |
Not clear if reforms
to PIP and disability benefits are positive or negative, but seeking fewer claimants. |
No other
manifesto formats. |
|
Reform UK |
·
Health: Target zero waiting lists. ·
Benefits: Exemption on reassessment for serious
disabilities. |
Change
Equality Act. Scrap DE&I rules. Face-to-face PIP/WCA meets. Nothing on
Care, Transport, Housing or Education. |
No other
manifesto formats. |
|
Plaid Cymru |
·
Health: More GPs. Support for pharmacies.
Community diagnostics. Plans and support for various health conditions. ·
Benefits: Oppose WCA changes, Increase
statutory sick pay. ·
Care: National Care Service for Wales, free at
point of use. ·
Rights: Incorporate UN Rights of Persons with Disabilities
into UK law. |
Nothing on Transport,
Housing or Education. |
Several formats
for manifestos. |
|
Scottish
National Party |
·
Health: Boost NHS funding. Reduce waiting
times. ·
Benefits: Improve statutory sick pay. Scrap
negative welfare reforms for disabled and carers. ·
Care: Reverse moves to stop overseas care
workers. |
Nothing on Transport,
Rights, Housing or Education. |
Large print manifesto.
Other formats soon. |
