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Reports send separate warning shots to English and Scottish governments on social care reform

By John Pring on 8th May 2025 Category: Independent Living

Reports send separate warning shots to English and Scottish governments on social care reform
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Separate reports have highlighted how years of failed government promises on reform have left broken adult social care systems in both England and Scotland. In England, MPs on the Commons health and social care committee published a report this week warning […]

Frustration over review’s failure to call Met police ‘institutionally disablist’

By John Pring on 30th March 2023 Category: Crime

Frustration over review’s failure to call Met police ‘institutionally disablist’
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Disabled campaigners have criticised a review of standards in the Metropolitan police for failing to conclude that the force is institutionally disablist, and then refusing to explain that decision. Baroness Casey’s review of the force’s culture and standards found one in […]

Disability discrimination in Met police is ‘baked into the system’, says report

By John Pring on 23rd March 2023 Category: Employment

Disability discrimination in Met police is ‘baked into the system’, says report
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Discrimination faced by disabled staff within the Metropolitan police has become “baked into the system”, a review of the force’s culture and standards has found. But despite multiple findings of disability discrimination, the report by the crossbench peer Baroness [Louise] Casey […]

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