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National network will provide new voice for disabled people battling councils over social care

By John Pring on 15th August 2024 Category: Independent Living

National network will provide new voice for disabled people battling councils over social care
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Disabled people and allies are hoping that a new national network will support service-users who are constantly battling their local authority over their social care packages. The Care Net is particularly focusing on disabled people who use direct payments to arrange […]

Care charges mean disabled people are facing unlawful discrimination on ‘unparalleled’ scale, says report

By John Pring on 1st August 2024 Category: Independent Living

Care charges mean disabled people are facing unlawful discrimination on ‘unparalleled’ scale, says report
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Disabled people across England are continuing to face unlawful discrimination and inequality on an “unparalleled” scale due to “unjust” social care charging policies, according to “deeply concerning” new research. The research by disabled people’s organisation Disability Law Service (DLS)* suggests that […]

Lib Dems’ free personal care pledge is ‘step in the right direction’, say disabled campaigners

By John Pring on 6th June 2024 Category: Independent Living

Lib Dems’ free personal care pledge is ‘step in the right direction’, say disabled campaigners
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Disabled people’s organisations have given a cautious but positive welcome to proposals from the Liberal Democrats to offer free personal care to all adults if they win power at the general election. In a policy pledge unlikely to be matched either […]

Council apologises for postponing end of care charges

By John Pring on 6th June 2024 Category: Independent Living

Council apologises for postponing end of care charges
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A local authority has apologised for postponing the scrapping of all charges for care and support for disabled people in their own homes. Tower Hamlets council, in east London, which is run by the Aspire party, led by former Labour politician […]

Council sparks anger over refusal to release details of care cuts agreement with consultancy 

By John Pring on 23rd May 2024 Category: Independent Living

Council sparks anger over refusal to release details of care cuts agreement with consultancy 
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Disabled campaigners say they are “horrified” at a council’s lack of transparency after it refused to release documents that would have revealed details of its agreement with a consultancy it is paying to help cut people’s care packages.  Bristol City Council […]

Care charge mystery as council takes hundreds of pounds a month from disabled woman for non-existent support

By John Pring on 16th May 2024 Category: Independent Living

Care charge mystery as council takes hundreds of pounds a month from disabled woman for non-existent support
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A disabled woman is being charged hundreds of pounds a month by her local council for care and support services she does not receive. City of Wolverhampton Council and Select Lifestyles, the company that provides her accommodation, have both been unable […]

Letter from DPOs accuses care cuts council of ‘inhumane’ policies

By John Pring on 18th April 2024 Category: Independent Living

Letter from DPOs accuses care cuts council of ‘inhumane’ policies
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Four disabled people’s organisations have written to Bristol’s mayor to call on him to abandon “inhumane and unacceptable” social care policies that are set to breach disabled people’s right to live independently. Disability Rights UK, Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, […]

‘Underhand tactics’ could still see disabled people forced into care homes, say campaigners

By John Pring on 21st March 2024 Category: Independent Living

‘Underhand tactics’ could still see disabled people forced into care homes, say campaigners
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A council has been accused of using underhand tactics to cut millions of pounds from support packages and push disabled people into residential care, despite being forced to withdraw a controversial policy that could have had the same impact. The grassroots […]

Council’s plans to increase care charges ‘could have devastating consequences’

By John Pring on 7th March 2024 Category: Independent Living

Council’s plans to increase care charges ‘could have devastating consequences’
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A disabled people’s organisation has warned its local council that plans to increase care charges for many residents by nearly £34 a week could have “devastating consequences” and “wreak havoc” on the lives of thousands of service-users. The proposal, which will […]

Shock and dismay over Welsh government’s care charge hike

By John Pring on 22nd February 2024 Category: Independent Living

Shock and dismay over Welsh government’s care charge hike
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Disabled campaigners say they are “shocked and dismayed” by the Welsh government’s plans to allow local authorities to increase the maximum weekly amount that disabled people can be charged for their non-residential care by 20 per cent. The government said in […]

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