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Self-advocates from across London send government a message of fear, concern… and anger over benefit cuts

By John Pring on 13th March 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Self-advocates from across London send government a message of fear, concern… and anger over benefit cuts
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People with learning difficulties from across the capital have delivered a powerful call to the government over threatened cuts to disability benefits, and warned they could take “drastic” action if ministers do not listen to their concerns. At a meeting of […]

Campaigners call for local authorities to become ‘No Bedtimes Councils’

By John Pring on 10th June 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Campaigners call for local authorities to become ‘No Bedtimes Councils’
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A group of self-advocates are calling on local councils across England to change their contracts with support providers so that service-users with learning difficulties have the freedom to stay out as late as they want. They have written to every director […]

Coronavirus: Trio of self-advocacy groups speak out on concerns

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Trio of self-advocacy groups speak out on concerns
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Three self-advocacy groups have spoken out on their concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on people with learning difficulties and autistic people. People First (Self Advocacy), based in London; Change, based in Leeds; and Brighton and Hove Speak Out, […]

Government faces legal action over failure to stop ATU ‘atrocities’

By John Pring on 13th February 2020 Category: Human Rights

Government faces legal action over failure to stop ATU ‘atrocities’
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Disabled campaigners have welcomed the human rights watchdog’s decision to begin legal action against the government over its repeated failure to address the “distressing and horrific” treatment of people with learning difficulties and autistic people in mental health hospitals. The Equality […]

Anger as Hancock offers string of seven-year-old policies on institutional care

By John Pring on 7th November 2019 Category: Human Rights

Anger as Hancock offers string of seven-year-old policies on institutional care
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Measures introduced this week to address the scandalous treatment of autistic people and people with learning difficulties in mental health hospitals are strikingly similar to failed government measures announced seven years ago. Health and social secretary Matt Hancock announced five measures […]

New alliance ‘will hold political parties to account’

By John Pring on 7th November 2014 Category: Activism and Campaigning, News Archive, Politics

New alliance ‘will hold political parties to account’
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Leading figures in the self-advocacy movement hope that a new campaigning alliance will help to hold political parties and the government to account in the run-up to the next election. Learning Disability Alliance England will be launched in Manchester later this […]

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