The move from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is leaving many people struggling Leading UK poverty charity Turn2us is highlighting how the move from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence...
Talented but troubled footballer George Best once reminisced, ‘I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.’ The choices facing local councils in how to use the...
The NHS is funded mainly through general taxation supplemented by National Insurance contributions. While the NHS is generally described as being ‘free at the point of use’, patients have been required to contribute towards the...
If you are struggling to keep warm in your own home and it’s affecting your health and wellbeing, don’t suffer in silence. Help is available via the Foundations Independent Living Trust (FILT) which delivers grants...
20th March 2017 Almost 9 out of 10 GPs (89%) think reductions in social care are leading to extra pressures in their surgeries. Even more (93%) think that the lack of social care is leading...
Report (2017) by the Samaritans on Socioeconomic disadvantage and suicidal behaviour Living in poverty shouldn’t mean losing your life. Going through difficult times, like losing your job or being in debt, shouldn’t mean not wanting...
The Work and Pensions Select Committee wants to find out how it affects British households Following on from the reopening of its Universal Credit inquiry, the Work and Pensions Commons Select Committee has announced an...
Vicky McDermott, Chair of the Care and Support Alliance, said: “Today’s announcement is a welcome reprieve for social care but it isn’t a long term fix “By committing an extra £1bn for social care in...
Caring for an elderly relative can often place emotional and physical distress on a family member, especially if they are living with a serious health condition, such as dementia. Not only will a family member...
One in three disabled people (32%) have cut back on energy consumption in the past 12 months according to new research by the disability charity Scope. In a representative survey of more than 500 working...
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