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Tens of thousands in debt to local councils over social care charges

By John Pring on 7th June 2018 Category: Independent Living

More than 160,000 people are in debt to their local authority because of the charges they are having to pay for their own social care, new figures have revealed. The figures, which came from freedom of information requests by the GMB […]

Government postponement of social care cap ‘is a betrayal’

By John Pring on 14th August 2015 Category: Independent Living

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The government has “betrayed” people who use social care by deciding to postpone the introduction of a cap on their care charges, according to a leading disabled figure. Sue Bott (pictured), deputy chief executive of Disability Rights UK, spoke out this […]

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