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‘Shocking’ case of disabled woman trapped in care home that wants to evict her

By John Pring on 9th November 2017 Category: Independent Living

‘Shocking’ case of disabled woman trapped in care home that wants to evict her
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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 […]

Tory conference: Care minister hides from fringe as funding crisis deepens

By John Pring on 5th October 2017 Category: Independent Living

Tory conference: Care minister hides from fringe as funding crisis deepens
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The Conservative minister for care services turned down at least four invitations to speak about adult social care at her party’s annual conference, while disabled people and other experts warned those meetings about the funding crisis facing the system. Jackie Doyle-Price […]

Labour conference: No vote on tax-funded social care system, at least until 2018

By John Pring on 28th September 2017 Category: Independent Living

Labour conference: No vote on tax-funded social care system, at least until 2018
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Labour has promised an extra £3 billion a year to start the job of building a National Care Service, but has not said how it would reform the long-term funding of the social care system. Barbara Keeley, the party’s shadow minister […]

Lib Dem conference: Lamb calls for cross-party solution to social care crisis

By John Pring on 21st September 2017 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Lamb calls for cross-party solution to social care crisis
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The Liberal Democrats’ shadow health secretary has called on the Conservatives and Labour to work on a cross-party basis to find a solution to the growing social care funding crisis. Norman Lamb said that politicians needed to accept that none of […]

PA employers are facing probes into ‘sleep-in’ minimum wage back-pay

By John Pring on 27th July 2017 Category: Independent Living

PA employers are facing probes into ‘sleep-in’ minimum wage back-pay
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Disabled people who employ personal assistants (PAs) are being investigated by the government for failing to pay their PAs the minimum wage during overnight “sleep-in” shifts. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has admitted to Disability News Service (DNS) that individual PA […]

Using personal assistants works, research concludes… but it can go wrong

By John Pring on 6th July 2017 Category: Independent Living

Using personal assistants works, research concludes… but it can go wrong
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Enabling disabled people with support needs to employ personal assistants (PAs) – rather than relying on traditional care workers – can be empowering and liberating, but relationships with PAs “can sometimes go wrong”, according to new research. The Personal Assistance Relationships […]

Queen’s speech: Government will consult on social care funding, but silence on needs of working-age disabled people… again

By John Pring on 22nd June 2017 Category: Independent Living

Queen’s speech: Government will consult on social care funding, but silence on needs of working-age disabled people… again
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The government has confirmed in the Queen’s speech that it plans to consult on its proposals to address the funding crisis affecting older people’s social care, but has again failed to make any mention of the needs of working-age disabled people. […]

Four questions on disability the Conservatives refuse to answer

By John Pring on 7th June 2017 Category: Politics

Four questions on disability the Conservatives refuse to answer
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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 […]

Election 2017: Parties finally stress importance of working-age social care

By John Pring on 1st June 2017 Category: Independent Living

Election 2017: Parties finally stress importance of working-age social care
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The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour have all spoken publicly – apparently for the first time in the general election campaign – about what their parties would do to address the social care needs of working-age disabled people. Their comments follow […]

Election 2017: Tories’ social care plans ignore working-age disabled people

By John Pring on 25th May 2017 Category: Independent Living

Election 2017: Tories’ social care plans ignore working-age disabled people
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Disabled campaigners have criticised the Conservative party for ignoring the social care needs of hundreds of thousands of working-age disabled people in its general election manifesto. The prime minister, Theresa May, was already facing criticism for a chaotic U-turn over the […]

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