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Nearly 100 disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across the UK have secured more than £1 million in funding to help them deliver grassroots emergency support to disabled people during the pandemic. A total of £1,092,906 of funding from the National Emergencies Trust […]
An ombudsman has warned of the sharp rise in complaints he has received about how local authorities in England are charging disabled people for their care and support. Michael King, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, said there had been […]
A local authority is facing claims that it is breaching the rights of disabled teenagers by denying them the support they need as they prepare for the transition to adulthood. The claims come from the grandmother of a disabled teenager, after […]