Independent Living

October 19, 2017 0

Remploy refuses to carry out basic background checks for care inspection roles

The company employed by the care watchdog to find service-users to help inspect residential homes and hospitals is failing to make the most basic background checks on its recruits, undercover journalists have discovered. The two reporters had been told of concerns about sloppy recruitment methods used by Remploy, the former government-run company now mostly

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September 28, 2017 0

Labour conference: Student forced to crowdfund pain-free wheelchair

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A disabled student has told Labour’s annual party conference that she has been forced to resort to crowdfunding to obtain a wheelchair that is suitable for her needs, because of “chronic” government under-funding. Rebecca Boot (pictured) told the party’s annual conference in Brighton that because she had a cheap powerchair that was not suitable

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Paul Burstow on a panel with three other men and a woman

September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: ‘Charities have failed and must now allow service-users to be heard’

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A former care services minister has called for a new social movement that is driven by the views and voices of service-users – rather than the charities that try to speak on their behalf – to push for change in the social care sector. Paul Burstow said that the current campaigning model, driven by

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Nathan Lee Davies holding a sign saying #Right2IL

September 21, 2017 0

Disabled activist ‘is fighting for his life’ as he hands petition to Welsh government

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A disabled activist has handed in a petition of hundreds of signatures that calls on the Welsh government to reverse its decision to close its version of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Nathan Lee Davies (pictured) says he is fighting the decision to scrap the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) because he is terrified

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Campaigners from Inclusion London with placards outside the Royal Courts of Justice

September 7, 2017 0

Failed legal bid ‘shows UN was right to call for a right to independent living’

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The case of a man who lost his legal bid to reverse a drastic cut to his support package shows the United Nations was right to call on the UK government to introduce a legal right to independent living, say disabled campaigners. Luke Davey was seeking a judicial review of the decision of Oxfordshire

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August 24, 2017 0

Government’s VAT attack ‘sends out mixed messages on independent living’

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The government has been accused of “sending out mixed messages” on independent living, after it emerged that it wants to charge VAT on the payroll services provided to disabled people who receive direct payments for their social care. Cheshire Centre for Independent Living (CCIL) is having to take HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to

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August 10, 2017 0

DPO plans court vigil as it intervenes in ‘hugely significant’ Care Act case

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A disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has intervened in a “hugely significant” court of appeal hearing that is set to decide how far the government’s Care Act protects disabled people’s independent living and well-being. Inclusion London is the first DPO to intervene in a case involving the “flagship” Care Act 2014, while it will

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