Fullerton House - Letter to the Minister for Disabled People Health and Work Monday, 30 January, 2023 FAO: Minister for Disabled People Health and Work Dear Minister I am writing to you on behalf of the Conservative Disability Group CDG, as we were appalled to hear of the physical and emotional barbaric treatment of young disabled people at Fullerton House in Doncaster as reported by the BBC on 24 January 2023. This is the latest report into the growing list of mis-treatment of disabled people in... Articles
Hidden Disabilities By Ian Potts 9th December 2022 Hidden Disabilities Many disabilities are obvious but there are also ones that nobody sees and even if they know don’t think they matter. For a start how about... Articles
Conservative Disability Group Letter to Leadership Candidates 15th August 2022 Dear Leadership Candidate The Conservative Disability Group CDG, campaigns to break down barriers for disabled people to participate equally in politics and... Articles
The Conservative Disability Group Writes to Priti Patel on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans 20th May 2022 On Wednesday the government released a report on the recommendations from the enquiry on the Grenfell Tower fire and how they are to be implemented. One of the... Westminster News
The CDG Support of Ukraine 9th March 2022 In their hour of need, the CDG supports the democratically elected government of Ukraine and its people. Over the past two weeks, we have witnessed the horrors... Articles
d/Deaf Awareness by John Denerley 25th January 2022 I was born and bred in Cheshire, born Deaf to Deaf parents, with British Sign Language as my native language and this has allowed me a long and welcome... Opinions
How Can I be Conservative and Disabled? By Tom Garrod 16th November 2021 In 2009 at the age of 19, I became the youngest County Councillor in the country. If this wasn’t newsworthy enough, the story was made that bit juicer by me... Opinions
Post Conference Roundup: Ability2Win & The CDG at Conference 8th October 2021 What a week it has been for the Conservative Disability Group and Ability2Win. On Monday evening’s CDG Conservative party Conference fringe event, we had the... Articles
The Conservative Government making flexible working the default 27th September 2021 The 2019 Conservative Party Manifesto committed the Party to: encouraging flexible working and consulting on making it the default unless employers have good... Westminster News
Starting from the Beginning - What is a Disability? 24th August 2021 Yesterday the Conservative Disability Group had the opportunity to be published within ConservativeHome discussing representation, accessibility, the work we... Opinions
