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Has the sector run out of steam?

Created by Scope | 02 April 2013 | 14:50:10

From April disabled people - already struggling to make ends meet - will lose some £28 billion of financial support to help them with the extra costs of living in a world not designed for them.

This is on top of a squeeze in the support they receive from councils to do the basics such as getting up, getting dressed and getting washed.

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The hardest hit of the hardest hit

Created by Scope | 26 March 2013 | 17:54:42

Guest post from Claudia Wood, Deputy Director of Demos

It has become clear, since as early as 2010, that radical cuts to welfare spending would be the centre-piece of the Government's deficit reduction plan. The aim of reducing the benefits bill by £18 billion per year by 2014-15, was supplemented in 2012 by the announcement that a further £10 billion would be shaved off with a new round of reforms from 2017.

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Budget announcement on a new tax relief for social investment

Created by Scope | 22 March 2013 | 13:27:14

As we digested what it meant to be an 'aspiration nation', another Budget announcement flew under the radar. The Chancellor has revealed that the Government will be consulting on introducing a new tax relief for social investment.

This is good news for charities and the people they work to support. Especially as so many are finding it increasingly difficult to generate the same level of donations from traditional sources

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Will new health duty benefit all families with disabled children?

Created by Scope | 07 March 2013 | 16:59:03

Edward Timpson, the Children and Families Minister, has announced that he will strengthen the special educational needs (SEN) provisions in the Children and Families Bill by placing an additional duty on the new clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). This will force them to guarantee health care services agreed as part of the new Education, Health and Care Plans (EHC Plan).

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Looking ahead

Created by Scope | 06 March 2013 | 15:38:39

There can be no doubt that 2013 is already proving to be another tough year for many disabled people. Welfare and social care reforms continue to gain momentum and we’re already seeing an impact on quality of life for many families and individuals. We are particularly concerned that disabled people are being overlooked in the discussions about changes to the social care system and are part of a major campaign across the disability sector to address this.

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