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More than half of care homes inspected are failing, says regulator

By John Pring on 4th August 2022 Category: Independent Living

More than half of care homes inspected are failing, says regulator
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More than half of the care homes inspected in the last month were found to be inadequate or to require improvement, but the care watchdog has refused to say if it is concerned by the figures. The figures show that of […]

Grenfell: Call for action over government’s ‘deplorable’ decision on evacuation plans

By John Pring on 19th May 2022 Category: Housing

Grenfell: Call for action over government’s ‘deplorable’ decision on evacuation plans
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The government has caused outrage after announcing that it would not implement measures – recommended by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry – that would have ensured disabled people could safely evacuate high-rise blocks of flats in emergencies. The inquiry had recommended that […]

Government finally agrees to continue some free Covid testing for PAs

By John Pring on 31st March 2022 Category: Independent Living

Government finally agrees to continue some free Covid testing for PAs
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The government has finally issued guidance that should allow disabled people in England who employ personal assistants (PAs) to continue to secure free COVID-19 tests for their staff, at least in some situations. The confirmation that some free testing for employers […]

Access to Work’s 12-week backlog, as DWP offers ‘work for free’ advice to PAs

By John Pring on 20th January 2022 Category: Employment

Access to Work’s 12-week backlog, as DWP offers ‘work for free’ advice to PAs
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A disabled university lecturer says her job was put at risk by the failure of the Department for Work and Pensions to deal with a huge backlog in Access to Work (AtW) applications. Daisy Higman, a freelance voice teacher and theatre-maker, […]

Government has shown disabled people ‘active contempt’ during pandemic, festival hears

By John Pring on 21st October 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Government has shown disabled people ‘active contempt’ during pandemic, festival hears
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The pandemic has seen a “deliberate marginalisation” of disabled people by a UK government that has shown them “active contempt”, a leading disabled artist-activist has told a festival. Jess Thom told the disabled-led Neurostages arts festival in Glasgow that many of […]

Disabled people ‘treated as afterthought again’, as England heads into second lockdown

By John Pring on 5th November 2020 Category: Human Rights

Disabled people ‘treated as afterthought again’, as England heads into second lockdown
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The government has treated disabled people who are at particular risk from coronavirus as an afterthought as the country heads into lockdown, just as it did in the early weeks of the pandemic, say campaigners. Disabled campaigners spoke out yesterday as […]

Anger and frustration over mayor’s ‘recovery board’ failure

By John Pring on 24th September 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Anger and frustration over mayor’s ‘recovery board’ failure
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The mayor of London is facing anger from disabled campaigners over his decision to set up a board of nearly 30 senior figures to oversee the recovery from coronavirus in the capital without including any members representing disabled people. The aim […]

Coronavirus: Employers of PAs given just two days to digest vital new ‘furlough’ guidance

By John Pring on 11th June 2020 Category: Employment

Coronavirus: Employers of PAs given just two days to digest vital new ‘furlough’ guidance
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Disabled people who use direct payments and wanted to take advantage of the government’s coronavirus job scheme were given just two days to digest vital new guidance. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme allows employers to claim for 80 per cent of […]

Coronavirus: Disabled workers raise concerns over Access to Work

By John Pring on 2nd April 2020 Category: Employment

Coronavirus: Disabled workers raise concerns over Access to Work
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Disabled people are raising concerns about the way the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is running its Access to Work disability employment scheme during the coronavirus crisis. The scheme – which funds support such as personal assistants, travel costs and […]

Thom marks 10 Touretteshero years by looking outwards, despite austerity

By John Pring on 6th February 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Thom marks 10 Touretteshero years by looking outwards, despite austerity
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It began with “a simple desire to reclaim the laughter associated with Tourettes Syndrome”, but as an activist-art project celebrates its 10th anniversary, its co-founder believes that a decade of government austerity has left her career more precarious than ever. The […]

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