The Welsh nationalist party has pledged in its manifesto to continue its commitment to free care for disabled and older people. Plaid Cymru says the UK government should transfer the necessary powers to the Welsh national assembly so that it can […]
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ELECTION 2010: Conservative manifesto
The Conservative Party’s disability policies focus strongly on welfare reform, as well as education, health and social care. The party’s election manifesto includes its plans to scrap the government’s employment schemes, such as pathways to work, and replace them with a […]
ELECTION 2010: Labour manifesto
Labour appears to have used its plans for a National Care Service as the focus for its bid for the votes of disabled people. The election manifesto contains a lengthy section on the care and support reforms announced by health secretary […]
ELECTION 2010: ALLFIE and Trailblazers issue election calls
Campaigners have called for action over the number of young disabled people who are not in mainstream education, employment or training. The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) said political parties should stop ignoring the segregation and exclusion of disabled learners from […]
User involvement on autism board is ‘woefully inadequate’
Campaigners have criticised plans to appoint just one person with autism to a high-level board set up to monitor progress on the government’s new national strategy on adults with autism. The Department of Health (DH) has already appointed 21 people to […]
Inquiry call over disabled woman’s death
Campaigners have called for an inquiry into the death of a disabled woman whose direct payments had been withdrawn by her local council. Two campaigning organisations held a vigil last weekend attended by more than 30 campaigners, friends and neighbours of […]
London 2012: Government sets out plans for a ‘disability legacy’
The government has published a “legacy plan” aimed at bringing about “lasting changes” to the lives of disabled people through the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. London 2012: A Legacy for Disabled People aims to increase disabled people’s participation in […]
RADAR finds disabled people achieving high-flying success
A groundbreaking report has concluded that disabled people working in both the private and public sectors can and do reach the highest levels of seniority. The disability charity RADAR heard from more than 900 disabled people in a survey of high-achievers, […]
Minister announces new line-up for smaller Equality 2025
The government has announced the 10 disabled members of its new, smaller network of disability equality advisers. Equality 2025 was set up in 2006 to advise the government on achieving equality for disabled people by 2025. But the government decided last […]
Ten-year wait is over for premature deaths inquiry
The government has defended a 10-year delay in setting up an inquiry into “premature and avoidable” deaths of people with learning difficulties. The confidential inquiry by the Norah Fry Research Centre, announced this week by the Department of Health (DH), will […]