For many years United Response has been campaigning for the complex democratic system in this country to be made more accessible. Much has changed since we launched our Every Vote Counts campaign in 2007, and we are pleased to see that Parliament UK is playing its part in the demystification process, with the recent publication of [...]

Parliament’s summer recess is definitely over, as proven by a series of major political developments which have profound implications for people with disabilities. The Health and Social Care Bill scraped through in the House of Lords, despite continued protests from some quarters that it was a gamble with the future of the NHS. And on [...]

In partnership with disability activist Kaliya Franklin, we have released an easy read version of the conversation she had at the recent Labour Conference with Ed Miliband. You can download the full document here, as a PDF (1.79MB). Kaliya’s questions centred on disability, sickness and work. You can see the footage of their encounter below. [...]

The House of Commons report for the Speaker’s Conference on Parliamentary Representation is now available online in its entirety. A particular section of the report addresses the difficulties people with disabilities can face in engaging with politics. There are some pertinent points regarding making political material more accessible, addressing the bias those with disabilities face, [...]