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Two-fifths of local authorities in England have decided not to raise as much as they can through their powers to increase council tax, even though they face a “huge shortfall in funding” and rising demand for adult social care. The Association […]
The government has announced proposals to end all new attendance allowance claims and transfer the savings to councils, but says its plans do not include scrapping disability living allowance for older people. The provisional local government finance settlement for 2016-17 includes […]
The chancellor has been accused of missing an opportunity to solve the social care funding crisis, despite announcing measures that could see funding rise by up to £3.5 billion a year by 2020. Announcing the results of the spending review, which […]
By Raya Al Jadir A tiny proportion of disabled people with the neurological condition ME are receiving the social care they could be entitled to, according to a “shocking” new report from a charity. Action for ME surveyed 850 people with […]
The government has “betrayed” people who use social care by deciding to postpone the introduction of a cap on their care charges, according to a leading disabled figure. Sue Bott (pictured), deputy chief executive of Disability Rights UK, spoke out this […]
Government policies on social care, health and benefits risk sending disabled people sliding back to “the bad old days of dependency, isolation and poverty”, a disabled peer has warned. In a Lords debate on the Queen’s speech, Baroness [Jane] Campbell urged […]
Social care should be seen as a “social and economic generator” and not a “burden” on tax-payers, according to a leading disabled academic. Professor Peter Beresford said, in a public lecture at Brunel University this week, that the provision of social […]