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A fork in the road: next steps for social care funding reform
17 May 2018 | News
... social care funding options, public attitudes to them – and the implications for policy reform. Read report Ahead of ... and no transition costs but would need extra funding or fix problems including issues around complexity and fairness restoring the system ...
Pre-budget Statement From Disability Poverty Campaign Group
16 October 2024 | News
The Disability Poverty Campaign Group speaks out against further cuts and calls on the government to invest in the social ... people. Years of policies have failed to address our problems. We need something different. This is why we are ...
NPC in partnership with DR UK set out election climate change recommendations
10 June 2024 | News
In the lead up to the 2024 General Election on 4 July, ... now, working with New Philanthropy Capital on the Disabled and older people strands of the Everyones Environment programme. This Programme ...
Jenna's Story - 'Growing up different'
23 April 2025 | News
Jenna, University student tells her story about how growing up different has impacted her life. Jenna also discusses ... surrounding disabilities has led to her being excluded and treated differently. Jenna proclaims that she wishes she could tell her younger self that she isn't the problem, and that educational institutes need to be better prepared ...
Britain’s housing crisis: slow progress and a radical quick fix
13 September 2018 | News
... on the state of the UK private rented sector was shocking, finding that one in three homes in England at the lowest rents are classed as non-decent, with ... topic DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick talks about how he left home and the current shortage of suitable accessible housing We ...
Cross-Party Motion Against Benefit Cuts: Write To Your MP!
28 May 2025 | News
Green Party MP and former co-leader Siân Berry has proposed a cross-party motion in Parliament calling for a welfare system based on dignity ... people; calls on the Government to address the root issues that lead to welfare claims, namely housing ...
Our response to the Litchfield review
12 December 2013 | News
... or no recognition by Dr. Litchfield of the widespread anger and criticism of the poor standard of medical assessments ... Decision Makers triage cases; 1 DWP, rather than the HAP, issues the ESA50 and reviews the response with any ... experience of dealing with people with mental health problems so that they can contextualise their findings at ...
Disabled claimant died underweight, ‘unkempt and dirty’ after ESA and PIP wrongly stopped
31 October 2021 | News
A Disabled claimant died underweight, ‘unkempt and dirty’ after the DWP wrongly stopped both his ESA and ... ICE, the claimant had severe depression and physical health problems and was classed as vulnerable by the DWP. For a ... will have exacerbated the claimant’s mental health issues as well as causing considerable distress to their ...
Manifesto for Better Mental Health
27 August 2014 | News
England’s leading mental health organisations have joined forces to ... must do to improve the lives of people with mental health problems. A Manifesto for Better Mental Health has been ... national strategy to stop people with mental illness dying early, due to preventable physical health problems. Improve ...
New Care and Support Alliance survey reveals shocking picture of neglect in care system
09 May 2018 | News
Unwell, unsafe, and unfed – 4,000 people needing care reveal a shocking picture of neglect in our care ... to give her the care she needed. She described common problems, such as “The carers hadn’t been feeding her ...