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Athletes and spectators praise Glasgow 2014

By John Pring on 8th August 2014 Category: Independent Living, News Archive

Athletes and spectators praise Glasgow 2014
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Disabled sports stars and campaigners have praised Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games, pointing to impressive levels of access and the successful integration of mainstream and para-sports events. Disabled competitors from the five para-sports that were included in the games – athletics, powerlifting, track […]

Independent Living Fund closure: New court bid wins go-ahead

By John Pring on 8th August 2014 Category: Human Rights, Independent Living, News Archive

Independent Living Fund closure: New court bid wins go-ahead
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Three disabled people have won permission for a new legal attempt to derail the government’s planned closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Stuart Bracking, Gabriel Pepper and John Aspinall want the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to withdraw its […]

Independent Living Fund closure: ‘Only a handful of councils have ring-fence plans’

By John Pring on 8th August 2014 Category: Human Rights, Independent Living, News Archive

Independent Living Fund closure: ‘Only a handful of councils have ring-fence plans’
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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 […]

DPOs ‘risk becoming servants of local councils’

By John Pring on 8th August 2014 Category: Activism and Campaigning, Independent Living, News Archive

DPOs ‘risk becoming servants of local councils’
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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 […]

Year-long inquiry will probe disabled people’s extra living costs

By John Pring on 1st August 2014 Category: Independent Living, News Archive

Year-long inquiry will probe disabled people’s extra living costs
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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 […]

Osborne guilty of ‘astounding hypocrisy’ over Motability

By John Pring on 25th July 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Independent Living, News Archive

Osborne guilty of ‘astounding hypocrisy’ over Motability
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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 […]

Diminishing opportunities for independent living, says report

By John Pring on 25th July 2014 Category: Independent Living, News Archive

Diminishing opportunities for independent living, says report
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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 […]

NHS announcement means more control for ‘high-need individuals’

By John Pring on 11th July 2014 Category: Human Rights, Independent Living, News Archive

NHS announcement means more control for ‘high-need individuals’
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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 […]

Shadow minister admits colleagues need schooling on independent living

By John Pring on 11th July 2014 Category: Independent Living, News Archive, Politics

Shadow minister admits colleagues need schooling on independent living
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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 […]

Minister frustrated at lack of post-Winterbourne progress

By John Pring on 4th July 2014 Category: Human Rights, Independent Living, News Archive

Minister frustrated at lack of post-Winterbourne progress
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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 […]

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