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Social care for the future must not leave working-age disabled people behind, says Scope. | Mind In Flux
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Disability and Mental Health. Social care for the future must not leave working-age disabled people behind, says Scope. August 28, 2011. Throughout the debate that has been raging on the future of social care, it is often said that ‘it is a matter for celebration that people are living longer’. Indeed, this is the first line of Professor Andrew Dilnot’s ‘Fairer Care Funding’ report. Click for full article. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). You are c...
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Social Rent Affordability and Benefits Cap – Report | Mind In Flux
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Disability and Mental Health. Social Rent Affordability and Benefits Cap – Report. August 28, 2011. Click here for full report. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to print (Opens in new window). Click to email (Opens in new window). Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window). Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window). August 28, 2011. DWP Press Release on Housing Benefit changes. Housing benefit cuts: Study undermines government claims.
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Back Again | Mind In Flux
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Disability and Mental Health. October 22, 2013. Also, I have a new twitter address, as I couldn’t remember the password to my old one, so you can find me on @mind in flux. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to print (Opens in new window). Click to email (Opens in new window). Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window). Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window). October 22, 2013. Liz Crow: Resistance. Transforming the Future. The Broken...
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Deputy PM challenges Shapps over budget cuts | Mind In Flux
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Disability and Mental Health. Deputy PM challenges Shapps over budget cuts. August 28, 2011. The deputy prime minister has warned housing minister Grant Shapps that council cuts to supported housing budgets in England are causing vital services for vulnerable people to be scrapped. Nick Clegg wrote to Mr Shapps in April to flag up the impact of Supporting People funding cuts, in a letter obtained by. Following a freedom of information request. Click here for full article. August 28, 2011. You are comment...
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A short post on Philip Davies | Mind In Flux
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Disability and Mental Health. A short post on Philip Davies. June 18, 2011. Philip Davies is right. 8220;If an employer is looking at two candidates, one who has got disabilities and one who hasn’t, and they have got to pay them both the same rate, I invite you to guess which one the employer is more likely to take on. 8220;My view is that for some people the national minimum wage may be more of a hindrance than a help. Philip Davies is right. But he is also very wrong. Research carried out in the UK, US...
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March in London | Mind In Flux
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Disability and Mental Health. May 11, 2011. Disabled people to march in London against cuts to benefits and services. Organisers of Hardest Hit march expect between 5,000 and 10,000 people to attend largest event of its kind for decades. Thousands of disabled people will demonstrate in Westminster on Wednesday against cuts to benefits and services, in an event that organisers hope will be the largest of its kind for decades. The Hardest Hit march is expected to bring between 5,000-10,000 people to London.
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Proposed changes to contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance | Mind In Flux
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Disability and Mental Health. Proposed changes to contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance. August 28, 2011. From the DWP Advisor website. The Welfare Reform Bill currently going through Parliament is proposing two changes to contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA):. To limit the amount of time that people in the Work Related Activity Group can receive contribution-based ESA to 12 months; and. To remove the special contribution criteria for ESA “youth”. People who have alread...
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Report on Personal Health Budgets – Service Users’ and Carers’ Views | Mind In Flux
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Disability and Mental Health. Report on Personal Health Budgets – Service Users’ and Carers’ Views. August 28, 2011. By the NHS Confederation and the National Mental Health Development Unit. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to print (Opens in new window). Click to email (Opens in new window). Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window). Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window). August 28, 2011. Tags: Personal Health Budgets. I also b...
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Disabled People fear change in UK assisted suicide law. | Mind In Flux
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Disability and Mental Health. Disabled People fear change in UK assisted suicide law. June 13, 2011. Changing the law on assisted suicide would put pressure on disabled people to kill themselves, according to new research. The new Comres poll. Found that 70 per cent of disabled people were concerned that such a change would lead to ‘pressure being placed on disabled people to end their lives prematurely. Amongst blind and visually impaired people the figure was 49%. Click for rest of article. You are com...