Care Act

Independent Living

August 10, 2017 0

DPO plans court vigil as it intervenes in ‘hugely significant’ Care Act case

A disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has intervened in a “hugely significant” court of appeal hearing that is set to decide how far the government’s Care Act protects disabled people’s independent living and well-being. Inclusion London is the first DPO to intervene in a case involving the “flagship” Care Act 2014, while it will

Activism and Campaigning

Disabled people in front of the Royal Courts of Justice, with a banner for Inclusion London

August 25, 2016

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Justice project will help DPOs tackle discrimination through the courts

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A new user-led project will help disabled people in London use the law to fight for their independent living rights, and combat the discrimination they face from providers of goods and services. Inclusion London’s Disability Justice Project will support disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across the capital to make better use of the Social Care

Independent Living

April 14, 2016

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MPs must accept fundamental flaws of personal budgets, says Beresford

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A leading disabled academic has urged MPs to dismiss the conclusions of the public spending watchdog and accept instead that the government’s strategy on social care personal budgets is “fundamentally flawed”. Peter Beresford, professor of citizen participation at the University of Essex and emeritus professor of social policy at Brunel University, has told the

Independent Living

February 11, 2016

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Government agrees four more years of ILF transition cash for councils

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The government has agreed to fund former users of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) in England for the next four years following months of campaigning pressure from disabled activists. The minister for disabled people, Justin Tomlinson, passed on the news yesterday (10 February) to two former ILF-users at a meeting in his department. The

Independent Living

February 11, 2016

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DPO calls for urgent inquiry into council’s ‘systemic failure’ on social care

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A disabled people’s organisation has called on the care watchdog to carry out an “urgent” inquiry into a council’s “systemic failure” to meet its legal duties under the Care Act. Equal Lives has accused Norfolk County Council of “reckless” behaviour which has left many disabled people prisoners in their own homes, and it wants

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DPO plans court vigil as it intervenes in ‘hugely significant’ Care Act case

Justice project will help DPOs tackle discrimination through the courts

MPs must accept fundamental flaws of personal budgets, says Beresford

Government agrees four more years of ILF transition cash for councils

DPO calls for urgent inquiry into council’s ‘systemic failure’ on social care