I am delighted to be leading an independent review into how the mobility needs of people living in residential care are met and funded.
In the 2010 Spending Review the Government announced its intention to remove the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance, soon to become Personal Independence Payment, from people living in state-funded residential care.
Benefit claimants and top-rate taxpayers
Ekklesia, 27 July 2011
A glance at the front pages of this morning's papers gives a brief snapshot of the grotesque reality of ConDem Britain. The Daily Mail and Daily Express lead with vicious and misleading attacks on disabled benefit claimants, while the Daily Telegraph reports on Boris Johnson's call for very wealthy people to pay less tax.
Welcome to the UK under David Cameron, where the poorest are blamed for the nation's problems while the richest are portrayed as victims.
Making the disabled wait for support is cruel
guardian.co.uk, 20 July 2011
The government's proposals to 'reform' welfare will punish the disabled. We must not abandon the concept of a fair society
The Hardest Hit march by disabled people received a fraction of the coverage of similar protests against government cuts. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian
samedifference1, August 6, 2011
A bit of good news from yesterday’s Guardian:
Progress of the Sayce Review & Disabled Access to Work
Disabled people need individualised support in work
guardian.co.uk, 12 July 2011
Disabled people want the opportunity to work in all sectors of the economy. But some of us will need extra support, writes Liz Sayce
World Health Organisation, News release, 9 June 2011
Cash fund will provide vital support to Cumbria's carers
News & Star, 25 July 2011
Hundreds of carers across Cumbria are to benefit from an annual £500,000 fund which will be spent on giving them vital support.
GPs have agreed to invest the cash annually over the next four years in funding support services for the county’s army of carers, whose efforts save the NHS millions.
www.liberalconspiracy.org, 30 July 2011
This week, I read the incredible story of Alf Winter, 90. He lives in Leicestershire, in sheltered housing, with his son, Keith, 55. Keith has Cerebral Palsy, and Alf is his full time carer.
Clegg promised no back-door privatisation of NHS. But new white paper opens the front door
falseeconomy.org, 19 July 2011
One of the most significant features of the NHS is summed up in the very first clause of the National Health Service Act 1948:
Southern Cross exposes flaws in the choice agenda
guardian.co.uk, 2 August 2011
Ministers imagine that by hiving-off services they can disentangle the state and leave failing outfits to go to the wall. But their transformation plan is plain impractical