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Ground-breaking study shows care barriers faced by LGBTQI+ disabled people

By John Pring on 26th October 2017 Category: Independent Living

Ground-breaking study shows care barriers faced by LGBTQI+ disabled people
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More than a third of LGBTQI+ disabled people have experienced discrimination or received poor treatment from their personal assistants (PA) because of their sexual identity or gender identity, according to ground-breaking new research. Researchers also found that many LGBTQI+* disabled people […]

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

By John Pring on 19th October 2017 Category: Independent Living

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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 […]

Tory conference: Care minister hides from fringe as funding crisis deepens

By John Pring on 5th October 2017 Category: Independent Living

Tory conference: Care minister hides from fringe as funding crisis deepens
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The Conservative minister for care services turned down at least four invitations to speak about adult social care at her party’s annual conference, while disabled people and other experts warned those meetings about the funding crisis facing the system. Jackie Doyle-Price […]

Labour conference: No vote on tax-funded social care system, at least until 2018

By John Pring on 28th September 2017 Category: Independent Living

Labour conference: No vote on tax-funded social care system, at least until 2018
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Labour has promised an extra £3 billion a year to start the job of building a National Care Service, but has not said how it would reform the long-term funding of the social care system. Barbara Keeley, the party’s shadow minister […]

Labour conference: Student forced to crowdfund pain-free wheelchair

By John Pring on 28th September 2017 Category: Independent Living

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 21st September 2017 Category: Independent Living

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 21st September 2017 Category: Independent Living

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 7th September 2017 Category: Independent Living

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 24th August 2017 Category: Independent Living

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 10th August 2017 Category: Independent Living

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 […]

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