Labour criticises delay over fund for disabled election candidates

Labour has expressed alarm after the government missed its own deadline to decide whether to reinstate a grant intended to help people with disabilities stand for election as councillors and MPs or for other public office.Ministers had said they would confirm by 11 May plans for the access to elected office (AEO) fund, which offered grants of between £250 and £40,000 to help cover the additional costs incurred by disabled people in England seeking election.It was set up in 2012 under