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Andy Burnham’s announcement of free personal care as part of a new National Care Service will only apply to those over 65, and not to working-age disabled people, No 10 has confirmed, sparking shock and concern among disabled people’s organisations. The […]
Andy Burnham looks set to make adult social care reform a centrepiece of his agenda, five years after suggesting that a free, personalised National Care Service could be funded through a 10 per cent care levy. Although he did not mention […]
Disabled campaigners have reacted with despair and exasperation to the government’s “deeply disappointing” announcement that it is delaying long-term reform of the adult social care system in England. Instead of announcing immediate plans for long-term reform, health and social care secretary […]
Disabled campaigners say they are “shocked and dismayed” by the Welsh government’s plans to allow local authorities to increase the maximum weekly amount that disabled people can be charged for their non-residential care by 20 per cent. The government said in […]
An inquiry that will have significant influence on Labour’s policy on independent living at the next general election is set to rule out scrapping care charges, according to a document leaked to Disability News Service. The document, a summary of a […]
Leading party members and activists have raised serious concerns over Labour’s refusal to promise that a new review of its adult social care policy will be co-produced with disabled people. Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting announced this week […]
Former Labour health secretary Andy Burnham has called on his party to back a policy of providing free social care that he says would ensure independent living for disabled people. Burnham, who has been the mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, […]
Labour has promised an extra £3 billion a year to start the job of building a National Care Service, but has not said how it would reform the long-term funding of the social care system. Barbara Keeley, the party’s shadow minister […]