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Disabled campaigners have delivered a withering response to the government’s long-awaited plan to “fix social care” in England. The proposals were announced on Tuesday by the prime minister, Boris Johnson, who claimed they would “fix social care” and the NHS treatment […]
The government has refused to explain why there are gaping holes in its long-awaited plans to “fix social care”, and it has even been unable to define what it means by “personal care”. The proposals were announced on Tuesday by the […]
The government claims that its new National Disability Strategy will help to “build a better and fairer life” for disabled people, despite it offering only a handful of new policies and failing to win the backing of leading disabled people’s organisations […]
The care watchdog has yet to find a significant link between a controversial programme to discharge hospital patients still infected with COVID-19 into care homes and a series of fatal outbreaks of the virus, despite alarming new figures. It came after […]
The equality and human rights watchdog has won praise for launching an inquiry that should get to “the heart of the inadequacy” of current social care policy. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said this week that its inquiry would […]
A disabled woman was left angry, frustrated and saddened by the “discriminatory” actions of a major retailer that blocked off a whole row of accessible parking bays for three days, to make space for customers queueing for its sale. Amy-Louise Peach […]
Campaigners have accused a council of using the pandemic as a “Trojan horse” to make permanent changes to the city centre that are already having a “devastating” impact on disabled people’s ability to access services, after being introduced as temporary measures. […]
Labour has given the strongest sign yet that it has gone back on its new leader’s pledge that he would introduce free social care if his party won power, after a shadow cabinet member said such a policy would be too […]
The agility and versatility of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across England has helped them deliver vital support to disabled people during the pandemic, according to new user-led research. A report on the first stage of the National Lottery-funded project found that […]
A pioneering five-year programme, led and controlled by disabled people, has left a legacy of independent living research that can now be used to lobby for change in policies and services across the UK, according to a new report. But it […]