‘Deep concern’ over minister’s refusal to guarantee free personal care for working-age adults disabilitynewsservice.com/de… @IanSollom @CarersUK @MarishaRayLD @The_TUC @wendychambLD @GFTU1 @JoshReynoldsSL6 @Dis_PPL_Protest

‘Highly visible, but not equally heard’: NHS chief challenges unequal opportunities and urges colleagues to challenge discrimination in the health service voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-n… @MarishaRayLD @LDCRE1 @HelenMorganMP @helenmaguiremp @EpsomLibDems @NHSEngland

The Experiment: Would you recognise cruelty if it was dressed up as care? channel4.com/press/news/expe… Channel 4 explores whether Brits can be swayed by Nazi-era ideas about disability @MarishaRayLD @DavidBuxtondc @Channel4 @sophmorgTV @UniteEqualities @SteveDarlingMP @TUCEquality

Black communities bearing the brunt of polluted air, campaigners warn voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-n… More than 150 public figures, politicians and campaigners are calling for a national inquiry into why Black and disadvantaged families face greater exposure to polluted air @MarishaRayLD

The datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battle theguardian.com/technology/2… The AI boom is pitting local residents against corporate giants seeking to power their energy-hungry networks – but one Welsh city is fighting back @MarishaRayLD @NASLibDems

‘Corporate penetration of the NHS’: Revolving door raises concerns over ADHD review observer.co.uk/news/national… MPs have pressed senior health officials on links to private companies that earn fortunes from care provision @MarishaRayLD @ObserverUK @HelenMorganMP @DavidBuxtondc

The Budget must boost pay and tackle the cost-of-living crisis leftfootforward.org/2026/10/… The cost-of-living crisis is the number one issue facing workers, and the government needs to find answers, argues union boss Fran Heathcote @FranHeathcote @MarishaRayLD @libdemdaisy @The_TUC

How a damaging cycle is getting in the way of developing the NHS we need lowdownnhs.info/news/how-a-d… Many of our NHS trusts are weighed down with year-on-year financial pressures @MarishaRayLD @NHSEngland @HelenMorganMP @nhs_supporters

One in 10 adults in England and Wales experienced domestic abuse in last year, ONS finds theguardian.com/society/2026… Charities say ‘tip of iceberg’ figures show government is not fulfilling pledge to halve violence against women and girls @MarishaRayLD @LibDemWomen @mariecgoldman

I was told I was 'too young' to have Parkinson’s when I applied for a Blue Badge and my application was rejected bigissue.com/news/social-jus… Joanne Robinson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 50 @MarishaRayLD @ParkinsonsUK @mariecgoldman @EHRC @DavidBuxtondc @libdemlocalgov @The_TUC

Prostate Cancer awareness in the workplace Prostate cancer is the most common cancer affecting men in the UK unitetheunion.org/campaigns/… Early diagnosis saves lives @MarishaRayLD @ProstateUK @UniteSharon @unitesouthwest @djnicholl @UniteNEYH

They were victims of domestic abuse. They ended up under arrest opendemocracy.net/domestic-a… Hundreds of domestic abuse victims arrested for crimes committed under coercion or duress, but figures are tip of the iceberg @mariecgoldman @LibDemWomen @MarishaRayLD @openDemocracy @The_TUC

Tax online sales more heavily to save high streets, Burnham urged theguardian.com/uk-news/2026… @sarahjolney1 @libdemlocalgov @MarishaRayLD @britishchambers @JoshReynoldsSL6 @LibDemsinBiz @stegarnettpool @The_TUC

Covid inquiry criticised for sidelining disabled people who received support at home in pandemic disabilitynewsservice.com/co… @MarishaRayLD @johnpringdns @EdwardJDavey @DisRightsUK @DavidBuxtondc @The_TUC @RachelCDailey_

Government’s NHS pay plan is a real terms pay cut for NHS staff unitetheunion.org/news-event… "NHS workers are overworked, underpaid and undervalued, and the lowest paid are barely above the minimum wage. Yet another real terms pay cut would be an insult" @UniteSharon @MarishaRayLD

Covid inquiry – social care workforce was "unprepared" for pandemic tuc.org.uk/news/covid-inquir… The Conservatives left the workforce and those receiving care hugely exposed by discharging hospital patients into homes without properly testing them @nowak_paul @MarishaRayLD @The_TUC

Union furious as bank scraps remote-first policy from February 2027, forcing all UK employees to come in at least twice a week theguardian.com/business/202… This will undermine flexible arrangements for those with caring responsibilities or disabilities @MarishaRayLD @UniteSharon

Burnham and Healey extinguish NHS funding hopes lowdownnhs.info/emergency-ca… Letter to Health Secretary Yvette Cooper confirms there will be little relief from the current funding crisis, even as waiting times for elective and emergency care increase @MarishaRayLD @HelenMorganMP

Britain should rejoin the European Union and public opinion supports such a move, says leading think-tank leftfootforward.org/2026/10/… @MarishaRayLD @LDEG_News @AlPinkerton @IPPR @EdwardJDavey @The_TUC @LeftFootFwd

Life of disability rights activist subject of new Hollywood film channel4.com/news/life-of-di… After contracting polio as a small child, the American activist Judith Heumann spent her life fighting for rights others could take for granted @MarishaRayLD @mariecgoldman @RachelCDailey_