Press releases and comments
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10 May 2012Four Scope charity shops in the South East have launched a last-ditch bid to save a vital source of donations. -
9 May 2012The Government's "mixed messages on social care". -
8 May 2012Scope is a member of the Care and Support Alliance, calling on the Prime Minister to commit to reforming social care. -
3 May 2012Channel 4 interior designer Abigail Ahern and Scope corporate partner Safestore are asking people to drop off quality clothes, books, toys and household goods at their local Safestore for a week-long ‘Dash to Donate’ challenge to collect as much stock as possible for the charity. -
1 May 2012Charities highlight role of fathers caring for disabled children. -
30 April 2012Speaking over the weekend, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan-Smith said he would not accept a suggested extra £10 billion of benefit cuts forewarned in last month’s budget. Richard Hawkes, chief executive of disability charity Scope, responds. -
25 April 2012Richard Hawkes, Chief Executive of disability charity Scope, responded to the latest on the Legal Aid and Sentencing Provision of Offenders Bill. -
16 April 2012Scope calls on councils to re-think plans to take away textile bank sites. -
16 April 2012Coalition of charities writes to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister about legal aid reforms -
29 March 2012Scope statement. -
27 March 2012Richard Hawkes, Chief Executive of the disability charity Scope, comments on a debate in Parliament on assisted suicide. -
21 March 2012Richard Hawkes, Chief Executive of the disability charity Scope, responds to Chancellor’s Budget announcement of the possibility of a further £10 billion of cuts to welfare. -
15 March 2012The Goverment published figures for the reassessment of incapacity benefit claimants. Scope responds to the latest statistics. -
8 March 2012Peers in the House of Lords voted against the Government over its plans to remove legal aid for welfare benefit cases from the Legal Aid and Sentencing Provision of Offenders Bill. -
7 March 2012The Government has responded to the Sayce review, which made several recommendations about how Government could better support disabled people into employment. -
1 March 2012The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) publishes its report on the implementation of the right of disabled people to independent living in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. -
18 February 2012Following a thorough investigation into its involvement with the Workfare work experience scheme, Scope has decided to lift its temporary suspension of the scheme. The charity is also introducing a new Placement Agreement. -
8 February 2012As MPs from the Health Select Committee raise concerns over social care services, we respond to their report. -
6 February 2012Six of the country’s biggest disability charities are warning that the Government's focus on alleged fraud and over-claiming to justify cuts in disability benefits has caused an increase in resentment and abuse directed at disabled people. -
1 February 2012Richard Hawkes, Chief Executive of disability charity Scope, responded to news that the MPs in the House of Commons have overturned amendments made in the House of Lords about the Welfare Reform Bill.
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