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EHRC proposals on new right to independent living: DPOs welcome draft plans

By John Pring on 15th August 2019 Category: Independent Living

EHRC proposals on new right to independent living: DPOs welcome draft plans
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Leading disabled campaigners have welcomed draft proposals by the equality and human rights watchdog that would provide a new legal right to independent living for disabled people. A legal right to independent living is one of the key demands of the […]

High-profile social care funding demands ‘risk ignoring voices of service-users’

By John Pring on 12th January 2017 Category: Independent Living

High-profile social care funding demands ‘risk ignoring voices of service-users’
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The latest attempts by politicians and charities to push for a solution to the social care funding crisis risk ignoring the voices of service-users, according to disabled campaigners. They spoke out as representatives of the social care and health sector and […]

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