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<p>The Government believes that political parties have the prime responsibility for
supporting their disabled candidates. We are undertaking a programme of work with
disability stakeholders to help political parties to better support disabled candidates.</p><p>Alongside
this work we have launched the EnAble Fund for Elected Office which is a £250,000
interim fund to support disabled candidates, primarily for the forthcoming local elections
in May 2019.</p><p>The fund will help cover disability-related expenses people might
face when seeking elected office which could include items such as British Sign Language
Interpreters, Assistive Technology or taxi fares where other modes of transport are
not appropriate.</p>
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