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Alzheimer’s Society comments on the impact of cuts to social care
06 October 2015 | News
Hundreds of thousands of elderly and disabled people have their requests for help with social care declined in England according to data published by the Health ... to a huge increase in unnecessary hospital admissions, and early entry into care homes .' 'It's people with dementia, ...
Government criticised for huge active travel budget cuts
21 March 2023 | News
... been heavily criticised for a recent announcement that it intends to cut the active travel budget by an estimated ... a two-thirds cut to promised capital investment in walking and cycling. A Labour Party analysis has estimated that the ... long-term health conditions and avoided more than 29,000 early deaths. Mikey Erhardt, Policy and Campaigns Officer at ...
Government announces series of reforms meant to improve lives of disabled people
24 June 2019 | News
... on benefits, changes to statutory sick pay (SSP) and the forming of a cross-Government disability unit. Promises were ... in the Cabinet Office alongside the Race Disparities Unit. Early projects will include work with different departments ...
ILF closure: what you can do
31 March 2014 | News
... Baroness Campbell of Surbiton raised a question, on the Independent Living Fund, for short debate in the Lords Grand Committee The question asked by Baroness Campbell of ... Living Fund (ILF) What you can do Get your MP to sign Early day motion 1234 to Save the Independent Living Fund ...
DPOs write to Prime Minister
07 September 2022 | News
... Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG), is a coalition of England-wide Disabled People's Organisations and allies. The group came together as a response to the growing upheaval in the country around food and energy price ...
Presenteeism: UK’s Working-While-Sick Epidemic
08 August 2024 | News
New analysis published by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) finds that the ... to take sick days, especially compared with other OECD and European countries. They are more likely to turn up at ... by the IPPR include the impact on individual productivity and recovery time from short-term illness, making bad work ...
Public Transport Failing Disabled People
06 March 2024 | News
... Rights UK's Transport policy adviser, makes a strong and unequivocal statement about the failure of public transport in the UK to meet the accessibility needs and requirements ... this grudging service provision must not continue and clearly understand that many households with a Disabled person ...
LA Care Act implementation fails disabled people
13 October 2015 | News
Promoting choice and control? How the implementation of the Care ... Rights UK says; “Local authorities might argue that it is early days in the implementation of the Care Act but if you ...
600 disabled claimants per DEA unacceptable
27 January 2014 | News
A new Work and Pensions Committee report recommends that Jobcentre Plus (JCP) should continue to provide a public employment service for the ... of claimants' potential barriers to employment at an early stage of unemployment benefit claims. JCP's key ...
DR UK response to Right to Control pilots
29 August 2013 | News
... enable disabled people to pool resources from up to six funding streams such as Access to Work and Social Care and be in control of how our support needs ... a time to prove themselves, and evaluate the results too early. This gives space for the opponents of change, ...