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Government agrees to examine ‘troubling’ case of cost-cutting care home council

By John Pring on 27th June 2019 Category: Independent Living

Government agrees to examine ‘troubling’ case of cost-cutting care home council
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The government has agreed to examine the “troubling” example of a Tory-run council that plans to undermine the rights of disabled people to live independently by forcing them into residential homes as a cost-cutting measure. Barnet council’s policy was challenged in […]

Tory council set to force disabled people into residential care to cut costs

By John Pring on 28th March 2019 Category: Independent Living

Tory council set to force disabled people into residential care to cut costs
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Disabled people are to be forced into residential homes against their will by a Conservative council’s new cost-cutting adult social care policy, campaigners have warned. Barnet council wants to save more than £400,000 in 2019-20 by creating more “cost effective support […]

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