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Commission’s report on care ‘is tangible demonstration of what DPOs can achieve’

By John Pring on 28th July 2022 Category: Independent Living

Commission’s report on care ‘is tangible demonstration of what DPOs can achieve’
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Years of lobbying from disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), backed up by research and evidence, appears to have persuaded a local authority to adopt a new, rights-based approach to addressing the social care crisis. A report by Cheshire West and Chester Council’s […]

Ministers break national strategy pledge by asking non-user-led charities to join taskforce

By John Pring on 3rd March 2022 Category: Politics

Ministers break national strategy pledge by asking non-user-led charities to join taskforce
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Ministers have broken a pledge made in their National Disability Strategy to set up a taskforce of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) that would help them access more government contracts, by allowing non-user-led charities to join the group. The strategy pledged last […]

Disability Unit accused of ‘shameful manipulation’ over disability strategy note

By John Pring on 11th February 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disability Unit accused of ‘shameful manipulation’ over disability strategy note
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The government has been accused of a “shameful manipulation of reality”, after its Disability Unit sent out desperate emails to its regional disability networks, begging for positive accounts of how its policies have improved disabled people’s lives. The note was sent […]

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