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Public health bosses ‘not aware’ of any government blackout plans

By John Pring on 10th November 2022 Category: Independent Living

Public health bosses ‘not aware’ of any government blackout plans
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The government has again failed to show how it will protect disabled people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes if there are power blackouts this winter, despite serious concerns being raised by public health experts. The […]

Alarm grows over government’s ‘appalling’ blackout planning failure

By John Pring on 3rd November 2022 Category: Independent Living

Alarm grows over government’s ‘appalling’ blackout planning failure
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There is growing alarm over the government’s “appalling” and “deeply concerning” failure to show that disabled people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes will be protected if there are power blackouts this winter. It is now […]

Government ‘has made no proper blackout plans’ for disabled people

By John Pring on 20th October 2022 Category: Independent Living

Government ‘has made no proper blackout plans’ for disabled people
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Government departments and power companies have been unable to show any detailed preparations they have made to protect people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes, and which could be affected by blackouts this winter. Neither the […]

Concern over ministers’ ‘failure to plan’ for blackout impact on disabled people

By John Pring on 13th October 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Concern over ministers’ ‘failure to plan’ for blackout impact on disabled people
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The government is facing questions over its apparent failure to prepare for the impact of possible power blackouts this winter on disabled people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical and independent living equipment in their homes. National Grid ESO, which […]

Government’s ‘criminal’ plans for care charging ‘will crush disabled people under debts’

By John Pring on 28th April 2022 Category: Independent Living

Government’s ‘criminal’ plans for care charging ‘will crush disabled people under debts’
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Devastated disabled campaigners have vowed to continue their fight against care charges, after parliament ignored their concerns and passed a government bill that will fail to protect most working-age disabled people from the “catastrophic” costs of their care. The House of […]

New bill set to give fresh rights to disabled users of taxis and minicabs

By John Pring on 28th April 2022 Category: Transport

New bill set to give fresh rights to disabled users of taxis and minicabs
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Legislation passed by parliament this week will give disabled people new rights when travelling by taxis or private hire vehicles, although there are already concerns over how well they will be enforced. The private members’ bill aims to fill gaps in […]

Disabled peer calls for pressure on MPs to accept improvements to care bill

By John Pring on 7th April 2022 Category: Independent Living

Disabled peer calls for pressure on MPs to accept improvements to care bill
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A disabled peer has appealed to disabled people and their organisations to pressure MPs to accept changes to the government’s health and care bill that offer “a better, fairer” system of care charges. Baroness [Jane] Campbell spoke out after she warned […]

Disabled peers help defeat ‘manipulative’ bid to ‘open the door to assisted suicide’

By John Pring on 17th March 2022 Category: Politics

Disabled peers help defeat ‘manipulative’ bid to ‘open the door to assisted suicide’
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Four disabled peers have helped defeat attempts to hijack the government’s health and care bill and use it to secure a change in the law to legalise assisted suicide. The Conservative peer Lord Forsyth, a former secretary of state for Scotland, had proposed […]

Lords vote opens door to vital care charging reforms… ‘but pressure on MPs is vital’

By John Pring on 10th March 2022 Category: Independent Living

Lords vote opens door to vital care charging reforms… ‘but pressure on MPs is vital’
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A disabled peer has called on disabled people and their organisations to pressure MPs to back proposals on social care charging that could make a real difference to the life chances of younger people who rely on care and support. Baroness […]

Disabled people will be forgotten again unless ministers change safety bill, say peers

By John Pring on 24th February 2022 Category: Housing

Disabled people will be forgotten again unless ministers change safety bill, say peers
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Two disabled peers have warned the government that disabled people living in high-rise flats will again be forgotten – five years on from the Grenfell disaster – if its building safety bill fails to make their need for protection explicitly clear. […]

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