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Social care reform, the Assisted Dying Bill, and an economic argument nobody is making. Andy Burnham gave a big speech yesterday. He talked about 22 failed attempts to reform social care over 30 years. He promised a National Care Service, a fair pay deal for care workers, and a cross-party conversation. Good. All of it is genuinely good. But I want to add something to that conversation. Something that didn't make the speech. There are more than 400,000 people in England curre

Disabled Entrepreneur AI is threatening the jobs that disabled people depend on most. But their lifetime of navigating a world not built for them might be exactly the skill set the rest of us now need. Nearly a million young people in the UK are currently not in work, education or training. The highest figure in a decade, and still rising. At the same time, entry-level job postings are running 45% below their five-year average. Graduate roles in banking and finance have falle

We keep saying we want more disabled people in work. So why are we making the support they rely on harder to use? The government is clear about its ambition: more disabled people in employment, fewer people stuck on benefits, and a labour market that makes better use of talent that is currently overlooked. It’s an aim many of us would support without hesitation. But ambition only matters if the systems underneath it actually deliver — particularly for employers who are expect