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The Misuse by local authorities of their ‘protection’ powers

Some disabled people and their families have had negative experiences of the way their local authority or local NHS body behave.  In some cases this behaviour feels oppressive and sometimes…

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Direct Payments: Policy, Practice and Innovation Conference

A [pdf] copy of the PowerPoint Luke used at the Disability Wales Conference concerning Direct Payments: Policy, Practice and Innovation held at Cefn Lea, Newtown on the 20th July can…

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Pet care costs and social care charges

For those of us concerned about the high level of local authority charges as well as those sceptical of about the ‘personal budgets’ agenda this is an interesting piece of…

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The accessibility of Disabled Facilities Grant application forms

What can a cash strapped local authority do if the law requires that a grant be paid within 12 months of an application?  It appears that about half have decided…

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