Jan 22, 2015 | Newsroom
Chaos at the Department for Work and Pensions has left disabled people waiting up to a year for support, Emma warned Ministers at a debate in Parliament today. Emma told MPs that the Government’s new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) had been a complete disaster,...
Dec 19, 2014 | Newsroom
On Wednesday (17 December) Labour MPs voted to immediately abolish the Bedroom Tax, which has left around half a million of Britain’s households £700 worse off. Ed Miliband has promised that a Labour government in 2015 would abolish the tax, which unfairly punishes...
Dec 3, 2014 | Newsroom
Emma attended the launch of ‘WellChild’s Manifesto for Change’, a report which sets out the changes needed to improve the care given to thousands of children and young people with a serious illness or complex care needs and their families. The Manifesto was put...
Dec 1, 2014 | Newsroom
Campaigners from the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB) met with Emma in Parliament last week to share the organisation’s new report Being There When It Matters, which calls for blind and partially sighted people across the UK to have access to sight...
Nov 18, 2014 | Newsroom
Emma questioned the Liberal Democrats’ commitment to reforming the Bedroom Tax today, as she demanded Nick Clegg explain why his party had failed to support a Labour Bill that would have exempted over 60,000 carers from the tax. Emma asked the Deputy Prime Minister:...
