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A new campaign by a disabled people’s organisation is highlighting how a string of projects are driving change in their local community through the principles of co-production. Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living (WCIL) launched its Listen Up Wiltshire campaign in 2019 […]
Disabled people have told a House of Lords committee that the social care system needs to enable those who need support to “live an ordinary life”. Sue Bott, Andy McCabe and Tricia Nicoll were giving evidence to the Lords social care […]
Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has pledged to work alongside disabled people to draw up plans to replace the “fitness for work” benefit assessment system that has been linked to the deaths of multiple claimants over the last decade. Jonathan […]
A local authority has been praised for once again breaking new ground on co-producing policy with disabled people, after publishing a new disabled people’s housing strategy. Hammersmith and Fulham council, in London, has produced the housing strategy in co-production with disabled […]
A pioneering five-year programme, led and controlled by disabled people, has left a legacy of independent living research that can now be used to lobby for change in policies and services across the UK, according to a new report. But it […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in Cheshire hope a new disabled people’s panel will allow them to work in co-production with the public sector across the county, after being inspired by ground-breaking projects in Greater Manchester and a London borough. Five DPOs […]
Disabled people and others who have been most severely affected by COVID-19 have largely been ignored by those in power who drew up policies and plans to respond to the pandemic, according to a new book. The e-book, published by Policy […]
Disabled activists have spoken of their growing frustration and even anger with Labour’s failure to engage properly with user-led organisations, after the party announced a new roadshow aimed at hearing from individual disabled people around the country. Vicky Foxcroft, Labour’s shadow […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across the country say they are “shocked and dismayed” by the government’s failure to engage with them, as ministers prepare to publish their long-awaited disability strategy. The concerns came after the minister for disabled people, Justin Tomlinson, […]
The minister for disabled people took part in just a handful of meetings with “external” organisations during each of the first four months of the pandemic, government figures have revealed. Analysis of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data shows that […]