A young disabled woman has been unable to leave a residential home for nearly three weeks because its managers are trying to evict her for complaining about her care, and for her attempts to enjoy a proper social life. Lakhvinder Kaur […]
social care
Tory conference: Care minister hides from fringe as funding crisis deepens
Labour conference: No vote on tax-funded social care system, at least until 2018
Lib Dem conference: Lamb calls for cross-party solution to social care crisis
PA employers are facing probes into ‘sleep-in’ minimum wage back-pay
Using personal assistants works, research concludes… but it can go wrong
Queen’s speech: Government will consult on social care funding, but silence on needs of working-age disabled people… again
Four questions on disability the Conservatives refuse to answer
The Conservatives are entering tomorrow’s general election without answering four key questions about their disability policies on social care, forced institutionalisation and welfare reform. Last week, the minister for disabled people, Penny Mordaunt (pictured), refused an interview with Disability News Service […]