Local authorities have a duty under S6, #CareAct 2014 to co-operate with each of its relevant partners in exercising their respective functions in relation to the care and support of an individual. What has been your experience with this type of co-operation?
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A disabled people’s organisation has accused the government of misrepresenting the high levels of inequality faced by disabled people in the workplace.

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The government is facing calls to make countryside walkways more accessible to those with disabilities and limited mobility.

Walking charity Ramblers is calling for the removal of “unnecessary barriers” in the next five years.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is again facing cover-up allegations after suggesting that it has destroyed reports showing why it weakened guidance on when to investigate suicides of benefit claimants.

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Unpaid #carers in Northern Ireland are being left behind as a new employment law comes into force in the rest of the UK.

The law gives those caring for sick or disabled relatives or friends a right to five days' annual, unpaid leave.

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A United Nations committee has accused the UK government of demonising disabled people and treating them as “undeserving citizens” by preparing to fund tax cuts through slashing disability benefits.

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#Flexibleworking is working in a way that suits your needs. You can make a statutory request if; you are an employee, you have worked for your employer for at least 6 months & you have not made a statutory request in the last year. #employmentlaw #flexibleworking

A #charity that supports children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is expanding thanks to #ComicRelief funding.

Dingley’s Promise, based in Reading, Berkshire, was set up at Battle Hospital in 1983 by a group of parents.
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The #government has admitted launching its much-criticised #DisabilityActionPlan without a clear idea of how much or how little it would cost. Disabled people’s organisations have already dismissed the short-term plan as a series of “empty promises”.

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During a #CareAct assessment, a local authority has to arrange for an independent advocate if the individual has difficulty in doing one or more of the matters listed in S67(4) Care Act 2014. What has been your experience in getting an independent advocate? #socialcare #advocacy

The government has been accused of “another missed opportunity” to support disabled people, after ending all cost-of-living payments, including the annual payment to those on disability benefits.

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Working Together to Safeguard Children Guidance, paragraph 83, states: 'where particular needs are identified at any stage of the assessment, social workers should not wait until the assessment reaches a conclusion before commissioning services to support the child'. #socialcare

A coroner has linked the #DWP and its universal credit benefit system with the death of a disabled woman, after its repeated failings and missed opportunities to protect her triggered a significant increase in her anxiety.

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We are currently asking providers of ICAA to complete a short survey to assist with our research. The questionnaire is intended to gather information on the barriers to ICAA and the issues that disabled people, as well as advocacy providers, are facing.

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The charity ADHD UK said it had recorded a 'significant decline' in the availability of medicines, with only 11% having their normal prescription in January, a drop from 52% in September.

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The DWP is facing allegations of another cover-up after the minutes of a panel set up to examine “serious cases” failed to mention that rules on when to investigate benefit claimant suicides had been weakened.

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Working Together to Safeguard Children Guidance, paragraph 83, states: 'where particular needs are identified at any stage of the assessment, social workers should not wait until the assessment reaches a conclusion before commissioning services to support the child'. #socialcare

A young disabled woman took her own life nine months after submitting an application for a disability benefit, which was finally awarded just hours after she died, an inquiry by a committee of MPs has been told.

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On 6 April, people who care for relatives outside of work can take an extra week of unpaid leave every year. The Carer's Leave Act, which will apply across the UK, allows employees with long-term care commitments to take five additional days off annually.
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Disabled campaigners have secured a significant victory over a local authority that threatened to force people with high support needs into residential care.

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