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Disabled people have spoken this week of clinging onto their independence by their fingernails, because of a drastic and worsening shortage of personal assistants (PAs). The shortage appears to be caused by a combination of continuing low wages, the Covid pandemic […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The government has dismissed strong cross-party support in the House of Lords for proposals that would mean many disabled people never having to pay for their social care. The proposed amendment to the government’s health and care bill would mean that […]
A disabled peer has accused fellow members of the House of Lords of attempting to “hijack” the health and care bill in a bid to secure a change in the law that would legalise assisted suicide. The crossbench peer Baroness [Jane] […]
Five disabled peers have explained why they helped defeat government plans that would have eroded the right to protest. The five crossbench and Liberal Democrat peers were among those members of the House of Lords who delivered a series of defeats […]
An attempt to legalise assisted suicide by hijacking the government’s heath and care bill has raised serious concerns among disabled activists. The Conservative peer Lord Forsyth, a former secretary of state for Scotland, has tabled an amendment to the bill that […]
Controversial government social care reforms would continue to limit the life chances of disabled people, while benefiting the children of wealthier homeowners, a disabled peer has warned the House of Lords. Baroness [Jane] Campbell said that plans to fix the social […]