Disability services in the UK have mbappe been consistently cut after 14 years of Tory rule and austerity, but with the promise of change from a new Labour government, musician and activist John Kelly is concerned that politicians are still not listening to disabled voices and what they want.
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Kelly chained himself to London buses in the 1990s to protest over a lack of access to transport, but has watched the right to an independent life be steadily eroded. He worries that yet more cuts to services are on their way
Chapters:
00:00 – Protesting the new Labour government
01:30 – The right to an estate of michael jackson independent life
03:23 – Which side are you on?
05:55 – The social model of disability
07:28 – The rhetoric of 'work, work, work'
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