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Assistive tech joint venture ‘could transform lives’

By John Pring on 10th February 2022 Category: Independent Living

Assistive tech joint venture ‘could transform lives’
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A new joint venture between a thinktank, a university and a charity could help ensure that future public policies on assistive technology are able to transform the lives of disabled and older people. The Assistive and Accessible Technology (ATech) Policy Lab […]

Minister dismisses cross-party support for ‘40 and under’ free care proposal 

By John Pring on 3rd February 2022 Category: Independent Living

Minister dismisses cross-party support for ‘40 and under’ free care proposal 
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The government has dismissed strong cross-party support in the House of Lords for proposals that would mean many disabled people never having to pay for their social care. The proposed amendment to the government’s health and care bill would mean that […]

Social care crisis deaths ‘only a matter of time’, after research shows ‘national emergency’

By John Pring on 20th January 2022 Category: Independent Living

Social care crisis deaths ‘only a matter of time’, after research shows ‘national emergency’
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Disabled activists have warned that it is only a matter of time before the government’s failure to address the “unprecedented” social care crisis results in the deaths of service-users. They spoke out after new figures from the Association of Directors of […]

Fresh call for Labour to end its silence on care charging

By John Pring on 20th January 2022 Category: Independent Living

Fresh call for Labour to end its silence on care charging
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Labour has failed to explain how it would respond to the independent living crisis and calls for an end to care charging if it won power, despite its leader announcing a new “five-point plan for the transformation of social care”. Keir […]

Disabled campaigners call for Liverpool to set example by ending care charges

By John Pring on 16th December 2021 Category: Independent Living

Disabled campaigners call for Liverpool to set example by ending care charges
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A disabled activist who fought a successful care charges campaign 20 years ago is calling on her council to abandon “immoral” plans to increase charges, and instead set an example for other local authorities by making care and support free for […]

Government’s social care reforms are a road to nowhere for disabled people, says peer

By John Pring on 9th December 2021 Category: Independent Living

Government’s social care reforms are a road to nowhere for disabled people, says peer
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Controversial government social care reforms would continue to limit the life chances of disabled people, while benefiting the children of wealthier homeowners, a disabled peer has warned the House of Lords. Baroness [Jane] Campbell said that plans to fix the social […]

Government ‘ignored DPOs’ in drawing up social care white paper

By John Pring on 9th December 2021 Category: Independent Living

Government ‘ignored DPOs’ in drawing up social care white paper
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Some of the few disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) that the government claims took part in the “engagement” process that led up to its social care white paper have suggested that their views and concerns have been ignored. The Department of Health […]

Frustration and anger over social care white paper’s funding failure

By John Pring on 2nd December 2021 Category: Independent Living

Frustration and anger over social care white paper’s funding failure
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The government’s long-awaited adult social care white paper has appalled campaigners by failing to address the social care funding crisis. The white paper, People at the Heart of Care, is more than 100 pages long, but it says nothing new about […]

Greens set to ‘embarrass’ other parties after backing free social care

By John Pring on 28th October 2021 Category: Independent Living

Greens set to ‘embarrass’ other parties after backing free social care
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The Green Party has become the only major political party to support free social care for all adults who need it in England, following an “overwhelming” vote at its annual conference. The party said the proposals would put social care “on […]

Austerity cuts to social care and health caused 57,000 deaths, research suggests

By John Pring on 21st October 2021 Category: Independent Living

Austerity cuts to social care and health caused 57,000 deaths, research suggests
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The government has refused to apologise for the “appallingly unnecessary” impact of austerity spending cuts, after researchers linked post-2010 reductions in spending on social care and health to more than 57,000 deaths in just four years. The findings of the government-funded […]

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