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Care charges are driving disabled people into debt, says report

By John Pring on 15th November 2018 Category: Independent Living

Care charges are driving disabled people into debt, says report
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Charging disabled people for their care and support is driving many of them into debt and forcing them to cut their spending on food or heating, according to new research by a network of disabled people’s organisations and their allies. The […]

‘Caution’ urged over government’s supported housing U-turn

By John Pring on 2nd November 2017 Category: Housing

‘Caution’ urged over government’s supported housing U-turn
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Long-term supported housing will continue to be funded through the social security system, the government has announced, while it has also scrapped plans to cap housing benefit payments, which caused huge concerns across the sector over the last two years. Former […]

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 […]

MPs make ‘crucial’ call over national tax rises to solve social care funding crisis

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

MPs make ‘crucial’ call over national tax rises to solve social care funding crisis
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A committee of MPs has issued a “crucially important” call for the government to consider increasing national taxes as a way of solving the adult social care funding crisis. Two high-profile reports published this week highlighted the continuing funding crisis, one […]

Watchdog’s inquiry into accessible housing shortage ‘must also look at affordability’

By John Pring on 15th December 2016 Category: Housing

Watchdog’s inquiry into accessible housing shortage ‘must also look at affordability’
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An inquiry launched by the equality and human rights watchdog into the “chronic lack” of accessible housing has been welcomed by campaigners, but they warned that it must also look at whether such housing is affordable for disabled people. The Equality […]

Councils complain about social care funding cuts, while freezing council tax

By John Pring on 14th July 2016 Category: Independent Living

Councils complain about social care funding cuts, while freezing council tax
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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 […]

Campaigners fear Crabb has abandoned target to halve employment gap

By John Pring on 19th May 2016 Category: Employment

Campaigners fear Crabb has abandoned target to halve employment gap
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The government may have abandoned its target to halve the disability employment gap, according to a leading disabled people’s organisation. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) said it feared comments made last week by the new work and pensions secretary, Stephen Crabb, […]

Charity lobby ban ‘shows government is trying to muzzle its critics’

By John Pring on 11th February 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Charity lobby ban ‘shows government is trying to muzzle its critics’
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have accused ministers of attacking freedom of expression and trying to muzzle their critics, after announcing new rules that will ban charities from using government grants to lobby politicians and civil servants. DPOs say that the new […]

Government postponement of social care cap ‘is a betrayal’

By John Pring on 14th August 2015 Category: Independent Living

Government postponement of social care cap ‘is a betrayal’
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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 […]

ILF closure: Process has caused ‘fear, stress and anxiety’, say researchers

By John Pring on 26th June 2015 Category: Independent Living

ILF closure: Process has caused ‘fear, stress and anxiety’, say researchers
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Disabled people who receive support through the Independent Living Fund (ILF) have been caused fear, stress and anxiety by the process leading to its closure, according to new research. A seminar organised by the campaigning disabled peer Baroness [Jane] Campbell heard […]

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