Elections 2010 – What do the parties offer Deaf and disabled Londoners?

Speakers from the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green Parties.

The outcome of the general election and London local elections on 6 May will be important for Deaf and disabled people. Our hustings meeting held on 20th April gave a chance to ask questions and discuss with political party representatives.

In our initial survey, Deaf and disabled people’s in London told us that:

• Elections and the political system needs to be more accessible
• Parliament must become more representative of Deaf and disabled people and our diverse communities
• Anti-discrimination legislation needs to be stronger and it needs to be properly enforced
• Society needs to be really inclusive – parliament needs to do a lot more to support independent living
• Good public services are really important to disabled people
• More action needs to be taken to make transport accessible
• Diversity, poverty and a wide range of other issues are important for disabled people

These issues were raised with the political party representatives at the meeting.

This meeting was supported by RADAR

You can download and read the document below which highlights extracts from the manifestos of the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green parties where they particularly make reference to Deaf and disabled people or where they have relevance to the issues that Deaf and disabled people have raised.

Download Inlcusion London's election event information paper from the link on the right.