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More than 100,000 people have signed a petition demanding the government makes major changes to a bill that campaigners say would make it easier for many disabled people to be deprived of their freedom. The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) only […]
A group launched last year to represent people with learning difficulties across England has been scrapped and replaced by a non-user-led organisation that will be partly controlled by service-providers. People First England (PFE) was set up last year by Gary Bourlet, […]
Disabled campaigners have expressed alarm after work began on a huge new “care village” for autistic adults, despite concerns raised by the local council. The £4 million project will see a 40-unit “specialist care centre” on land in North Shields, with […]
The government has been accused of handing itself a “get out of jail free” card by proposing improvements to health and social care for people with learning difficulties but warning they will only be introduced if it has enough money. The […]
Campaigners have questioned a series of claims by the minister for disabled people that there have been substantial improvements to major government disability programmes. Justin Tomlinson, who was appointed to the post in May, spoke this afternoon (Thursday) to two separate […]
A leading member of the self-advocacy movement has called on peers to investigate huge apparent cuts to in-work support for people with learning difficulties. Andrew Lee, director of policy and campaigns at People First Self-Advocacy, said he and colleagues believed the […]