The government has dismissed calls by a disabled peer to set up a group of experts to monitor the impact of the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) on disabled people. Baroness [Jane] Campbell received cross-party backing for her appeal, […]
Independent Living
‘Refreshed’ autism strategy is all too stale, say activists
Liberty judgments could provide safeguards for thousands
‘Brutal’ new death sentence for ILF, but activists vow to fight on
Support for decisions ‘still not understood’ in parts of England
End ‘distressing’ ILF delays now, says DPO
Report punctures relationship myths
First national appeal system for council-funded care ‘will solve a lot of grief’
MPs and peers call for government to act on independent living
Government’s ‘unwieldy’ plan for disability advice is ‘cynical effrontery’
A government plan to replace its high-level committee of disabled advisors with three new advice bodies has been described by a veteran disabled activist as “unwieldy, complicated and probably inaccessible to grassroots disabled people’s organisations”. The government this week published details […]