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The Labour welfare rebels are right. This hounding of disabled people will damage the party for years to come

Opposition is mounting and No 10 is preparing a raft of concessions. But whatever happens next, the moral stain will remain, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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British women are being jailed under archaic abortion laws. MPs can act to end that this week

Women will really have the right to choose if politicians vote to revoke this Victorian-era legislation, writes Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Guardian writer Frances Ryan named one of Vogue’s 25 women ‘defining Britain’

Magazine says Ryan’s efforts to spotlight lives of disabled people are ‘needed more than ever’

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Watch Labour’s flip-flopping on winter fuel and benefits, and you’ll see who’s really considered important

This is governance by spreadsheet in pursuit of political capital, in which a hungry child or disabled person is merely a statistic, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Look at how Reform speaks about minorities. Why would Labour want to mimic this nasty party?

The British public is more liberal and tolerant than you would believe from our politicians. Time for Keir Starmer to appeal to Britain’s best side, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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The face of British disability is increasingly young and female. It’s time to hear from them

My book about disabled women grew in relevance as I wrote it, exposing the heartlessness of proposed harsh benefit cuts, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life by Frances Ryan review – countering the stereotypes

The journalist’s second book offers positivity in the face of the obstacles confronting disabled girls and women

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Thank you, Frances Ryan, for speaking up for us disabled women

Letter: Society would rather we stay out of sight, out of mind, says Karen Edmunds

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‘A weakness can become your biggest strength’ – wise words from 26 brilliant disabled women

In this second extract from Frances Ryan’s new book, actors, politicians, athletes and models offer their advice on living with physical and mental health conditions

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These cruel benefit cuts will rob security from so many – but Labour will lose something crucial too

The worst reforms since George Osborne will teach voters that politicians really are all the same. Is it worth it? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Long Covid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it?

Five years after the first lockdown, millions of lives are still being ruined by this debilitating disease. You wouldn’t know it, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Labour mollifies the rich, targets disabled people and claims moral justification. There isn’t any

Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Benefits system should protect, not punish, vulnerable people

Letters: Labour’s focus on crackdowns and fraudsters lodges in the psyche, feeding precarity and self-doubt, says Dr Jay Watts. Plus a letter from Stephanie O’Brien

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As Labour touts more brutal cuts to benefits, how is this different from life under the Tories?

There may be no nasty impulse to punish ‘skivers’, but the end result – those who need help most hit hardest – is exactly the same, says columnist Frances Ryan

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Friday briefing: How do you fix Britain’s broken disability benefits system?

In today’s newsletter: Keir Starmer promised to ‘never turn our backs’ on those in need. But the government’s ‘unacceptably poor service’ is driving many disability benefit claimants towards hardship and greater distress

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A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all

Rosy is unable to move, breathe or eat unassisted. Yet NHS assessors think it’s fine to leave her alone for hours at a time, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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During the holidays, reports of domestic violence surge. But what if next year could be different?

Labour has promised to halve violence against women. As another year of grim statistics beckons, that’s a speck of hope worth grasping, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Gavin and Stacey’s Christmas special was a joyful reminder that TV can still be a shared experience

As people fall out of love with streaming, they’re rediscovering the collective pleasure of ‘event television’, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Welcome to Britain’s Victorian Christmas, where volunteers in Santa hats fulfil the basic functions of the state

There is something inescapably bleak about a nation that relies on charity appeals to fix its social and economic problems, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Meet the ‘sickfluencers’ of TikTok – and don’t be fooled by the outrage obscuring the real scandal

That desperate people have to look online for help accessing disability and sickness benefits is what should truly upset us, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Questions of life and death are complex and messy. Let’s admit the assisted dying debate is too

Campaigners on both sides dub the bill ‘a matter of conscience’ – but profound ethical issues can’t be reduced to right v wrong, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Hidden behind this budget is a terrible bombshell: billions in cuts for disabled people

The DWP confirms that draconian ‘savings’ are coming down the track. Are we a nation that will repair hospitals, but not help a nurse with long Covid, asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Is this the budget Britain needs? Our panel responds

In Labour’s first budget for almost 15 years, Rachel Reeves has unveiled tax rises and promises of investment in public services

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The nightmare of being a disabled Palestinian

Letter: Emma Vinicombe finds Frances Ryan’s article about the plight of disabled people in Gaza gut-wrenching on a personal level

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Disabled Palestinians are facing horrors piled upon horrors. I think of their suffering every day

With every bombing, more people are left to survive without the devices and medications they need, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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