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Report for Labour rules out early end to care charges

By John Pring on 8th June 2023 Category: Independent Living

Report for Labour rules out early end to care charges
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A report set to have a significant influence on Labour’s adult social care policy at the next general election has ruled out an immediate end to care charges in favour of a more gradual move towards “affordability”. The report, launched this […]

Call for direct action protests to build support for ‘radical’ social care reform

By John Pring on 1st June 2023 Category: Independent Living

Call for direct action protests to build support for ‘radical’ social care reform
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A disabled activist has called for a new campaign of direct action to build public support for a “radical overhauling” of the social care system. Ellen Clifford, a member of the national steering group of Disabled People Against Cuts and author […]

Watchdog holds back verdict on latest care sector concerns

By John Pring on 25th May 2023 Category: Independent Living

Watchdog holds back verdict on latest care sector concerns
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The care watchdog has declined to raise concerns about the state of adult social care services in England, despite releasing a new batch of inspection reports that show nearly half of them failed to meet acceptable standards. In just a week, […]

MPs fail to question minister on care charges ‘national scandal’

By John Pring on 4th May 2023 Category: Independent Living

MPs fail to question minister on care charges ‘national scandal’
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MPs have been criticised for failing to question the social care minister about the “national scandal” of tens of thousands of disabled people across England who have been left in debt because they cannot pay their care charges. Helen Whately was […]

Tories and Labour silent on social care charging, a week before local elections

By John Pring on 27th April 2023 Category: Independent Living

Tories and Labour silent on social care charging, a week before local elections
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The Conservative and Labour parties have both refused to reveal their current policies on charging for adult social care, just days before local elections in England. Disability News Service (DNS) approached the four largest parties contesting next week’s elections – the […]

Praise for ‘bold’ and ‘progressive’ council as it scraps care charges

By John Pring on 9th March 2023 Category: Independent Living

Praise for ‘bold’ and ‘progressive’ council as it scraps care charges
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Disabled people’s organisations have praised the “bold” and “progressive” actions of a local authority after it promised to become just the second council in England to abolish all charges for care and support for disabled people in their own homes. They […]

Labour-linked inquiry set to rule out scrapping care charges

By John Pring on 9th March 2023 Category: Independent Living

Labour-linked inquiry set to rule out scrapping care charges
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An inquiry that will have significant influence on Labour’s policy on independent living at the next general election is set to rule out scrapping care charges, according to a document leaked to Disability News Service. The document, a summary of a […]

System for challenging councils’ care decisions ‘is confusing, slow and stressful’, says EHRC

By John Pring on 2nd March 2023 Category: Independent Living

System for challenging councils’ care decisions ‘is confusing, slow and stressful’, says EHRC
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The process of challenging the adult social care decisions made by local authorities is confusing, slow and stressful and is failing the disabled people who rely on it, an inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has found. The […]

Second Labour-led inquiry in two months fails to demand end to care charges

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Independent Living

Second Labour-led inquiry in two months fails to demand end to care charges
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A second inquiry in two months has issued a call for wholesale reform of the social care system without delivering a clear and urgent demand for an end to care charges. Reimagining Care was commissioned by the Archbishops of Canterbury and […]

Council leaves man ‘to rot’ after refusing to allow for spending on cannabis meds

By John Pring on 19th January 2023 Category: Independent Living

Council leaves man ‘to rot’ after refusing to allow for spending on cannabis meds
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A disabled man has been left without the care and support he needs for more than six months because his council is refusing to accept that the cannabis-based medicine he has to pay for privately is a legitimate disability-related expense. Chris […]

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