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Campaigners say care users face a postcode lottery for support overseas – despite no extra cost to taxpayer Frances Ryan and Patrick Butler Wed 2 Sep 2026 06.00 BST Disabled people are being blocked from travelling abroad by NHS care boards and local councils that refuse to let them use their care funding outside the … Continue reading “‘I want to live’: the disabled people unable to go abroad because of care funding refusal”

As a doctor, I say this: before we even consider assisted dying, fix how we care for the most vulnerable – the Guardian Zubir Ahmed A person’s wish to die can be shaped by whether they have access to proper palliative care – and in England and Wales, too many do not • Zubir Ahmed … Continue reading “Assisted Dying”

You have to sit quietly until you die’: The families failed by England’s social care system Carers tell of their struggles to get loved ones the support they need, and the emotional and financial toll caring takes on their own lives Andy Burnham has vowed to fast-track the Casey Commission, an independent review of adult … Continue reading “Social care reform – the Guardian”

Stakeholder update says that an initial test phase from September 2026 will involve 3,000 cases across England and Wales to help understand claimant, operational and financial impacts before any wider rollout The DWP has confirmed that it plans to recommence the adult disability living allowance (DLA) to personal independence payment (PIP) transfer process for around … Continue reading “DWP to recommence transfer process for around 150,000 adult DLA claimants that are still in scope to be reassessed for PIP”

Disability Rights UK has submitted our response to the call for evidence by the Timms Review into Personal Independence Payment (PIP). You can read the full submission by downloading the PDF on the right. Our response has backed calls from the Lived Experience Social Security Commission for an Additional Cost Disability Payment (ACDP). The ACDP … Continue reading “DR UK Responds to Timms Review on PIP”

PUBLISHED: 20 APRIL 2026 The recent Right To Try collaboration committee, which aimed to make disabled claimants feel safe trying work, appears to have been a con in which the DWP heaped praise on members for suggesting something that the department always intended to do. The fact that all that made it from the committee … Continue reading “DWP collaboration committee con bodes ill for Timms review”

A local authority has a power, as a matter of law, to provide financial support for recreational activities and holidays under section 18 of the Care Act 2014, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The case of BG & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Suffolk County Council [2022] EWCA Civ 1047 (Lady Justice … Continue reading “Councils can provide financial support under Care Act for recreational activities and holidays:”

Leave a Comment / Delay and non-commissioning, Delay In General LGO, Direct Payments and Personal Health Budgets, Direct Payments LGO, Intro to Ombudsman reports RE Delay in General, Intro to Ombudsman reports RE Direct Payments / By Aidan Miller Date of decision: 09 February 2026 Summary Miss X, who was receiving direct payments, complained that … Continue reading “Surrey County Council at fault for providing inaccurate information, failing to remedy errors or deliver a finalised care plan”

The Guardian If new claimants don’t meet strict criteria, they’ll lose half of the health element of universal credit. Don’t ignore that: in life’s lottery, that could easily be you Look at the front pages or open a news app in the coming days and you’ll supposedly see the big events facing Britain. But here’s … Continue reading “Next week’s disability cuts will make people destitute – and you might not understand how bad they are until it’s too late Frances Ryan”

Please note: our decisions are published six weeks after they are issued to councils, care providers and the person who has made the complaint. The cases below reflect the caselaw and guidance available at the time of issue and the individual circumstances of each case. Hertfordshire County Council (24 009 727) Summary: The Council was … Continue reading “A weekly update on adult social care complaint decisions”