BBK’s Manifesto for Injured People #ChampioningChange

Over the last eight months, we have been working on Bolt Burdon Kemp’s Manifesto for Injured People.

At BBK we are passionate about supporting injured people, not just through winning their cases but by advocating for changes in the law. Our work is informed by our clients’ experiences and our partnerships with charities which support our clients and others like them.

We raise awareness with governments (local, central and devolved), politicians and policymakers. Our solicitors have contributed oral evidence to select committees and APPG’s, and regularly respond to consultations and calls for evidence.

In the past we have successfully campaigned to change the law on the time limits within which survivors of abuse can bring compensation claims, and to amend the civil court rules to make special provisions for vulnerable parties and witnesses. More recently, we have acted to remove Peter Sherwin’s MBE, highlighted the problems disabled people have in accessing public transport and our courtrooms and shone a light on health inequality in the NHS.

All this leads to our Manifesto for Injured People, through which we present policy ideas we believe to be vital to improving the lives of many in our society. We hope that by publishing our manifesto, the plight of seriously injured people will be in the minds of prospective parliamentary candidates as we embark on the next general election.

Our manifesto proposes 10 key areas that need to be prioritised by politicians. Within each point we have laid out clear and practical policies to carry out those priorities.

You can read our manifesto in full here.

At BBK we will continue to work with politicians from all political parties to ensure injured people are prioritised in Westminster and across all levels of government.