Personal Statement - Barb Roberts
Medically retired nurse
Life-long Socialist
Disabled from birth – Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hashimoto’s.
LP member 9 years
EC member Disability Labour
Active member – Unite Community and DPAC
Disability Officer Hackney South 3+ years, ensuring disabled members concerns are forefront. Passing motions on accessibility of meetings and scrapping UC. Passionate campaigner re severe lack of social housing with suitable adaptations for disabled living.
Vital to hold Tory government and current Labour leadership to account by supporting the SCG of MPs and preserving our socialist policies
As an LRC NEC member I commit fully to representing disabled comrades whether visibly or invisibly disabled.