Disability manifesto

Austerity has hit disabled people the hardest because of the cuts to public services, social care and benefits.

Socialist Party Wales believes everyone should have equitable access to employment, housing and public facilities.

Our candidates are standing for the Welsh Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition in the 2026 Senedd elections. We say:

• Stop disability cuts. For a Welsh Government that stands up for disabled people.
• Enshrine disabled people’s rights in Welsh law.
• Devolve welfare to Wales and demand funding based on need.
• Deliver a robust long-term Disabled People’s Rights plan, designed, monitored and delivered by fully-resourced and democratic Disabled People’s Organisations and workers’ organisations.
• End institutionalisation. Support independent living and a genuine choice over access to mainstream or specialist education.
• Support in full the demands of the Welsh Disability Rights Taskforce, Welsh Disabled People’s Organisations and Welsh carers’ organisations.
• Immediately introduce a Carer’s Allowance Supplement, as was introduced in Scotland in 2018.
• Kick for-profit providers out of social care - for a publicly owned Welsh National Care Service democratically controlled by care workers and service users.