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Only a small proportion of local authorities in England have put plans in place to ring-fence the money they will receive when the government shuts down the Independent Living Fund (ILF) next June, according to a new survey. Just 10 of […]
Disabled people’s organisations are in danger of becoming “servants” of their local authorities, as the government encourages them to compete for the right to provide council services, a user-led forum has warned. North Tyneside Disability Forum (NTDF) is concerned that council […]
A disability charity has launched a year-long inquiry into the “financial penalty” disabled people are forced to pay on top of their everyday living costs. Nine commissioners will spend a year looking at why disabled people in England and Wales pay […]
The chancellor is facing allegations of “astounding hypocrisy” after being pictured handing a disabled man the keys to a Motability car, despite being responsible for slashing spending on the disability benefit used to lease such vehicles. George Osborne, who was attending […]
Disabled people are experiencing “diminishing opportunities” for independent living under the coalition, according to a new report by one of the architects of the last government’s independent living strategy. Dr Jenny Morris – who helped write Labour’s 2005 Improving the Life […]
Disabled campaigners have welcomed new NHS plans to extend the number of disabled people with high levels of care and health needs who can control all of their own support. Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said the scheme would […]
A shadow minister has warned that many of her fellow Labour MPs still need educating about the importance of independent living for disabled people. Kate Green, the shadow minister for disabled people, told a meeting held to launch the Just Fair […]
A government minister has criticised the “intolerable” failure of the NHS and local authorities to remove people with learning difficulties from out-of-area assessment and treatment units and return them to their home areas. The Liberal Democrat care and support minister Norman […]
The Metropolitan police have launched an inquiry into the policing of a five-hour protest outside Westminster Abbey, apparently following allegations that officers prevented disabled activists from receiving food, drink and medication. It is just the latest inquiry to examine how the […]
More than 99 per cent of disabled people who use the Independent Living Fund (ILF) believe that it improves their ability to live independently, just as the government is preparing to abolish it. The coalition is planning to close ILF in […]