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Watchdog warns social care is at ‘crisis point’ and calls for legal right to independent living

By John Pring on 13th May 2021 Category: Independent Living

Watchdog warns social care is at ‘crisis point’ and calls for legal right to independent living
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The equality and human rights watchdog has warned that social care is at “crisis point” and has called on the government to introduce a legal right to independent living, just 24 hours after Boris Johnson failed again to honour his promise […]

Many councils unlawfully restrict right to live independently, research suggests

By John Pring on 30th January 2020 Category: Independent Living

Many councils unlawfully restrict right to live independently, research suggests
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Many local authorities are unlawfully restricting disabled people’s ability to choose to live independently in their own homes, and are forcing them instead towards residential care, research by a disabled campaigner suggests. Fleur Perry (pictured) spent more than six months seeking […]

Election 2019: Labour pledges to ‘make independent living a reality’

By John Pring on 28th November 2019 Category: Independent Living

Election 2019: Labour pledges to ‘make independent living a reality’
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Labour has pledged to make independent living a reality through a string of measures, including billions of pounds of extra funding for care and support packages, although it has stopped short of offering a free, England-wide, independent living service. The party […]

Labour ‘on collision course with UN and EHRC over independent living’

By John Pring on 12th September 2019 Category: Independent Living

Labour ‘on collision course with UN and EHRC over independent living’
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The Labour party is on a “collision course” with the equality and human rights watchdog and the United Nations because of its failure to accept the need for a legal right to independent living, according to a national network of disabled […]

EHRC proposals on new right to independent living: DPOs welcome draft plans

By John Pring on 15th August 2019 Category: Independent Living

EHRC proposals on new right to independent living: DPOs welcome draft plans
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Leading disabled campaigners have welcomed draft proposals by the equality and human rights watchdog that would provide a new legal right to independent living for disabled people. A legal right to independent living is one of the key demands of the […]

ROFA lays out plans to make the right to independent living a reality

By John Pring on 10th January 2019 Category: Independent Living

ROFA lays out plans to make the right to independent living a reality
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Campaigning disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have set out their demands for a new national independent living service that would eliminate the postcode lottery in support, and finally make the right to independent living a reality. The Independent Living for the Future […]

Equality watchdog seeks legal advice on possible right to independent living

By John Pring on 30th November 2017 Category: Independent Living

Equality watchdog seeks legal advice on possible right to independent living
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The equality watchdog has asked a barrister to examine whether there needs to be a legal right to independent living for disabled people, because of concerns that their rights to choice and control over their lives is being “eroded”. The Equality […]

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