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Robert Carver being dragged through a doorway by his PA

October 13, 2016

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Care crisis: Council’s failings mean disabled man has to be dragged upstairs to his flat

A disabled man has to be dragged up the stairs to his second-floor flat by his personal assistant because of his local council’s failure to rehouse him in safe, accessible accommodation. Robert Carver – who is paraplegic – has also been told by his GP, nurse, occupational therapist and psychologist that he needs 24-hour-a-day

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August 11, 2016

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Government ‘could have saved £48 billion on social care’ with full funding of DFGs

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The government could have saved nearly £48 billion in social care costs over five years if it had funded all the work needed to make disabled people’s homes more accessible, according to a new user-led campaigning website. The calculations have been made by Fleur Perry, editor of Disability United, a website that aims to

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August 4, 2016

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Homeless ordeal of disabled man forced onto streets by hospital

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A disabled man was left to survive on the streets of London overnight after he was kicked out of hospital, and then forced by a council to beg for money to fund the 20-mile journey to his temporary housing. Fred Allen (pictured), who uses a walking frame or crutches to mobilise, has praised the

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March 17, 2016

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Disabled duo set for huge US expansion of holiday website

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By Raya Al Jadir A social enterprise launched by two disabled entrepreneurs from London is to open an office in the US less than a year after it launched in the UK. The accessible holiday accommodation service Accomable was set up by Martyn Sibley and Srin Madipalli, the team behind the online disability magazine

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Paul Rutherford outside the Supreme Court with Jacqueline and Jayson Carmichael

March 3, 2016

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Bedroom tax campaigner’s ‘contempt’ for ministers who forced his family to fight

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One of the disabled campaigners whose “bedroom tax” cases were heard in the Supreme Court this week has spoken of his “contempt” for ministers who have forced them to spend years fighting for their rights through the legal system. Paul Rutherford said it was tough and even “scary” to take on the government, but

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February 4, 2016

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Alarm over huge new ‘care village’ for autistic adults

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Disabled campaigners have expressed alarm after work began on a huge new “care village” for autistic adults, despite concerns raised by the local council. The £4 million project will see a 40-unit “specialist care centre” on land in North Shields, with the first residents expected to move in early next year. The project is

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Paul Rutherford sitting next to Warren on a red sofa

January 28, 2016

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Bedroom tax discriminates against disabled children, say appeal court judges

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The government’s “bedroom tax” discriminates unlawfully against disabled children, the court of appeal has ruled. The appeal court, which overturned a high court decision, was hearing the case of two disabled grandparents who care for their disabled grandson in an adapted three-bedroom bungalow in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The court also ruled that the bedroom tax

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Lord Freud giving evidence to the committee

January 14, 2016

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Disabled people are falling through holes in local welfare safety net, warn MPs

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A committee of MPs has called on the government to stop local authorities discriminating against disabled people who need financial help following the introduction of the “bedroom tax”. The work and pensions select committee’s report on the local welfare safety net – which focuses on England – warns that many councils are failing to

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Vicky McDermott speaking to a meeting from behind a table

November 27, 2015

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Spending review: Mystery over accessible housing pledges

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The government appears to have committed to funding two new measures aimed at tackling the shortage of accessible housing for disabled and older people. Announcing the results of the spending review, which detail the government’s spending plans until the next general election in 2020, George Osborne told MPs that the government’s task was “to

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September 18, 2015

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Housing crisis is ‘spiralling out of control’

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A disabled university lecturer was forced to live in a residential home for older people for seven months because of a crisis in accessible housing that is “spiralling out of control”, according to a new report. Dr Chetna Patel was moving from Scotland to Sheffield for a new university job, but was unable to

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