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A year after it was introduced, Disability Rights UKs legal partners, Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, say that budget cuts and a lack of compliance from local authorities are making The Care Act less effective than hoped.

A year after it was introduced, Disability Rights UKs legal partners, Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, say that budget cuts and a lack of compliance from local authorities are making The Care Act less effective than hoped. When it was brought in last April, the Care Act 2014 was billed as the biggest change to adult social care for more than 20 years, which aimed to give disabled adults and their carers a greater understanding of their rights.

17 Apr 2016
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MPs condemn PIP and ESA medical system

MPs on the public accounts committee (PAC) have issued a report which concludes that companies carrying out personal independence payment (PIP) and employment and support allowance (ESA) assessments are still failing to meet acceptable performance standards.

17 Apr 2016
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Tim Farron with apprentices

Claire Tyler writes…We need to invest in all our young people

When it comes to the big debates on education, invariably the focus is on schools and universities. It's all about academic success, exam league tables and access to higher education. On the rare occasions that the focus isn't on institutions, it's on apprenticeships. The attention governments of all hues have paid to these flagship policies have obscured one very important fact: the majority of young people-53%-do not follow the 'traditional' academic route into work. Not so the Lords Select Committee on Social Mobility which has just published its report "Overlooked and left behind: improving the transition from school to work for the majority of young people". Our bald conclusion is that young people not pursuing the traditional path are getting a raw deal. Consider the fact that there are some 3 million people in further education colleges on a government budget of £4 million, while the 2 million people in higher education enjoy a budget of some £30 billion-nearly 8 times as much. Or consider the fact tha

CT
16 Apr 2016
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Cllr Leo Montague Pink Sack Green bin Small

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http://mklibdems.focusteam.org.uk/files/2016/04/Leo-with-Pink-Sack-and-Grn-bin-2.jpg Leo Montague is delighted that the Lib Dems...

DMC
16 Apr 2016
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