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Tories and Labour silent on social care charging, a week before local elections

By John Pring on 27th April 2023 Category: Independent Living

Tories and Labour silent on social care charging, a week before local elections
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The Conservative and Labour parties have both refused to reveal their current policies on charging for adult social care, just days before local elections in England. Disability News Service (DNS) approached the four largest parties contesting next week’s elections – the […]

Labour-linked inquiry set to rule out scrapping care charges

By John Pring on 9th March 2023 Category: Independent Living

Labour-linked inquiry set to rule out scrapping care charges
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An inquiry that will have significant influence on Labour’s policy on independent living at the next general election is set to rule out scrapping care charges, according to a document leaked to Disability News Service. The document, a summary of a […]

Second Labour-led inquiry in two months fails to demand end to care charges

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Independent Living

Second Labour-led inquiry in two months fails to demand end to care charges
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A second inquiry in two months has issued a call for wholesale reform of the social care system without delivering a clear and urgent demand for an end to care charges. Reimagining Care was commissioned by the Archbishops of Canterbury and […]

Lords committee quizzes care minister for two hours… but fails to ask about charges

By John Pring on 7th July 2022 Category: Independent Living

Lords committee quizzes care minister for two hours… but fails to ask about charges
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A cross-party committee of peers has defended its failure to ask the minister for social care a single question about care charges or the social care funding crisis in a two-hour evidence session. Only last week, disabled social worker Andy McCabe […]

Ministerial duo dismiss concerns over social care funding crisis

By John Pring on 26th May 2022 Category: Independent Living

Ministerial duo dismiss concerns over social care funding crisis
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Two ministers have dismissed mounting evidence of a care funding crisis and have repeatedly insisted that local councils have all the money they need to “effectively” deliver social care services. Both social care minister Gillian Keegan and local government minister Kemi […]

Government’s ‘criminal’ plans for care charging ‘will crush disabled people under debts’

By John Pring on 28th April 2022 Category: Independent Living

Government’s ‘criminal’ plans for care charging ‘will crush disabled people under debts’
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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 […]

Lords vote opens door to vital care charging reforms… ‘but pressure on MPs is vital’

By John Pring on 10th March 2022 Category: Independent Living

Lords vote opens door to vital care charging reforms… ‘but pressure on MPs is vital’
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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 […]

Johnson’s social care ‘fix’ is ‘disappointing… regressive… and insulting’

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Independent Living

Johnson’s social care ‘fix’ is ‘disappointing… regressive… and insulting’
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Disabled campaigners have delivered a withering response to the government’s long-awaited plan to “fix social care” in England. The proposals were announced on Tuesday by the prime minister, Boris Johnson, who claimed they would “fix social care” and the NHS treatment […]

Activist’s exposé of social care system shows some ‘live in state of fear’

By John Pring on 12th August 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Activist’s exposé of social care system shows some ‘live in state of fear’
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A disabled activist has used his 35 years of experience as a service-user to write a detailed exposé of England’s social care system. Donald O’Neal’s book – The Lack of Care Act 2014 – combines detailed research, knowledge built up as […]

Call for national action on council care charging

By John Pring on 20th May 2021 Category: Independent Living

Call for national action on council care charging
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Activists are calling on disabled people’s organisations and campaigners around the country to ensure that their local authorities closely examine their care charging policies, following a vital court ruling. They are concerned at the growing variations across the country in how […]

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