July 2025

The British Psychological Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists have published new joint guidance on dementia and people with learning disabilities.
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The ADASS annual survey shows local authorities have overspent on their social care budgets by £744 million this year in order to meet their legal duty to provide care and support.
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The Thrive programme, which helps support young people with SEND to gain real-world experience within the hospitality industry and Premier Inn has expanded to the Liverpool region.
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This week, a coalition of organisations and individuals launched the Save our Children's Rights campaign to ensure there is no rolling back of the existing legal rights of children and young people with SEND in the name of reform.
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The government scheme for disabled people, Access to Work, is under serious threat, according to the Access to Work Collective.
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The Losing Learning Coalition say half of all children suspended from school have special educational needs (SEN) and extra funding is needed for schools to prevent exclusions.
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Disability Pride Month takes place every July. In this article, disabled writer Michael McEwan, talks about the importance of ensuring people with disabilities are accepted exactly as they are.
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For Co-production Week, Matthew Ford and Tasnim Rahman, Research Analysts at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), ask how and why we should design with people, not for them.
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The Government has published its 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS, which aims to address health inequalities faced by people with a learning disability.
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The second reading of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill has passed by 335 votes to 260 – a majority of 75.
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