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Only a tiny minority of local authorities now employ a member of staff dedicated to improving access for disabled people in their area, new research has found. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) has found just 15 of 222 English councils that […]
Ministers have rejected the chance to scrap rules that prevent disabled councillors taking part in council meetings remotely, despite Conservative MPs and peers urging them to change the law. Members of the House of Lords finally accepted defeat yesterday (Wednesday) after […]
Disabled politicians and allies are calling on the government to end the “discriminatory” laws that prevent local councillors from taking part in council meetings remotely. The campaign is being led by Green party politicians, including the party’s only MP, Caroline Lucas, […]
The government repeatedly failed to seek the views of disabled people and their organisations about how residents with physical impairments could evacuate tower blocks in an emergency, six years before the Grenfell Tower disaster. Louise Upton, who was head of fire […]
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 […]
MPs have been told that the adult social care system is “unsustainable” without significant further resources, with one council revealing that the number of adults it supports has plunged by nearly half since 2010. Members of the communities and local government […]