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Adult social care spending still down on 2010 figures – TUC report
08 September 2020 | News
Annual adult social care spending in England is still £600m lower than in 2010, ... care: better quality services and jobs outlines the problems resulting in the denial of high quality social care ...
IPPR argues for free social care for over 65s
22 May 2019 | News
IPPR thinktank argues for free social care for over 65s in England The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a ... mention of under 65s who receive social care, even though nearly 300,000 people between 18 and 64 received social care ...
Bromley Council wrongly made care cuts without reassessing needs
04 June 2018 | News
... cut by London Borough of Bromley, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. Read Ombudsman article Calls to our Personal Budgets helpline show that this is a common problem facing many disabled ... deal of support. In this case, the man, who has autism and other needs, and his mother had been in receipt of ...
The future of social security post austerity
30 August 2016 | News
For Us All: Redesigning social security, for the 2020s. Read report This Fabian ... as part of a strategic agenda for raising British living standards following the UK’s decision to leave the EU. It ... that social security for pensioners is now on a strong and sustainable footing but that the system for ...
Irwin Mitchell Access All Areas campaign
21 June 2015 | News
Irwin Mitchell’s Access All Areas campaign seeks to highlight the problems disabled people face when seeing live music, as ... Mitchell are sending two wheelchair users – Rosie Mayes and Charlotte Fairbank - to some of the big summer festivals ...
You can’t merge two badly constructed assessment processes
04 March 2019 | News
... proposals for disability benefits assessments. Commenting on the statement from Amber Rudd about the changes to ... who are over pension age. ‘But there are some fundamental problems which still need to be addressed. Assessments for both Employment Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment are flawed and poorly ...
Health Secretary slams ‘horrific examples’ of housing for Disabled people
19 May 2021 | News
... Matt Hancock has condemned ‘horrific examples’ of housing after ITV exposed two cases of Disabled people forced to ... black mold, one of whom has a serious breathing condition and another who has anxiety and lives with her small children. 10 million people are ...
Latest learning disabilities mortality statistics make for grim reading
03 May 2018 | News
The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Annual Report 2017 View ... learning disabilities, identify learning from those deaths, and take forward the learning into service improvement ... a local, named health care coordinator. Providers should clearly identify people requiring the provision of reasonable ...
Government continues Household Support Fund (HSF)
03 September 2024 | News
... residents with essential expenses such as food, utilities, and clothing . The funding is provided by central government and enables local councils to support low-income families in ...
Date for Autumn £300 Cost of Living Payment Announced
26 September 2023 | News
The DWP will make the second 2023 Cost of Living payment of £300 to eligible claimants between 31 October and 19 November. This is the second of three payments over ... a payment from DWP will receive £300 from HMRC between 10 and 19 November. Claimants will receive the payments ...