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Chancellor ignores social care, weeks after UN’s independent living warning

Disabled campaigners have criticised the chancellor’s failure to provide any money in the budget to solve the social care funding crisis, despite a warning from the UN. Although Philip Hammond announced some extra funding for the NHS, there was no mention of social care in his budget speech, or in the main budget report.

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Philip Hammond delivering the budget, watched by the prime minister behind him

March 9, 2017

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Spring budget: ‘Derisible’ government money is ‘meaningless’ in face of care crisis

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More than £2 billion in extra money for social care over the next three years – announced by the chancellor in yesterday’s budget – is “meaningless” when set against the scale of the funding crisis, disabled campaigners have warned. The spring budget contained few significant announcements on key issues of concern for disabled people,

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George Osborne delivering his budget speech

March 17, 2016

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Osborne’s budget sparks anger, fear… and a resignation

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This week’s budget – which confirmed cuts of more than £1 billion a year to disabled people’s support, while awarding huge giveaways to high earners – has sparked almost universal anger among disabled people. The chancellor, George Osborne, said in his budget speech that the changes to the eligibility criteria of personal independence payment

Activism and Campaigning

Jenny Morris sitting at a table in a conference

July 17, 2015

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ROFA conference: Disabled people must build alliances, says Morris

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A leading researcher and writer has called on disabled people and their organisations to build alliances with other groups hit by the “dysfunctional, unhealthy” economy. Jenny Morris, who helped write the Labour government’s Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People white paper, also said that disabled people should expose the “huge gap” between politicians’

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Balls2TheBudget banner across Westminster Bridge

July 10, 2015

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Budget: DPAC’s balls bring traffic chaos bouncing back to Westminster

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Disabled activists halted traffic around Westminster three times in a protest against further government austerity measures, just as Tory chancellor George Osborne was delivering a budget that will slash billions of pounds from disabled people’s support. The #Balls2TheBudget protests began in Whitehall shortly before 11am yesterday (Wednesday) with activists from Disabled People Against Cuts

Benefits and Poverty

July 10, 2015

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Budget: Chancellor’s WRAG decision is ‘misguided’ and ‘cruel’

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Disabled people and their organisations have branded this week’s budget misguided and cruel, and say it will drag many more disabled people into poverty. Their chief target was the chancellor’s decision to remove – from April 2017 – the extra financial support given to new claimants in the work-related activity group (WRAG) of employment

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George Osborne holding the budget red box

July 10, 2015

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Budget: Osborne scraps WRAG as part of £13 billion-a-year benefit cuts

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The government is to slash financial support for hundreds of thousands of disabled people on out-of-work benefits, as part of measures that will cut £13 billion-a-year from the social security budget by 2020-21. The chancellor, George Osborne (pictured), announced in yesterday’s budget that he was scrapping the extra support provided to disabled people found

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Protester in wheelchair holding sign saying 'The needy, paying for the sins of the greedy'

March 20, 2015

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Osborne’s budget silence on disability ‘is ominous’

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Leading disabled figures have warned that the chancellor’s “ominous” failure to mention disability or social care in this week’s budget could be a sign that he plans to target disabled people’s support and services for fresh cuts. George Osborne promised £12 billion-a-year in further cuts from the welfare budget, and £13 billion in other

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