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Why programmes like Benefits Street are making life harder for people with a…
In this guest blog, Danny Brice talks about life claiming benefits, how Benefits Street doesn’t give a true picture…
Up to 250,000 with mental illness or learning disabilities not receiving…
Up to 250,000 people who have learning disabilities, mental illness or autistic spectrum disorders are not…
Personal Independence Payment failures risking people’s ability to live…
Personal Independence Payments (PIP) are now the most common problem people come to Citizens Advice with, having…
Couple with learning disabilities celebrate 10 years of marriage
A couple with learning disabilities from New Milton celebrated 10 happy years of marriage and overcoming the…
British team win 179 medals at Special Olympics World Games
The Great Britain team has finished with 179 medals – including 68 golds – at the Special Olympics World Games in…
Former police officers deliver personal safety skills course to people with…
A group of young people with learning disabilities in Guildford has benefitted from a personal safety skills course…
Council project helps youngsters with learning disabilities get in to work
A project in Blackpool that aims to help people with learning disabilities to get into employment is celebrating…
Two charged with murder of man with learning disabilities in possible disability…
Two men have been charged with the murder of Newcastle man, Lee Irving, whose death police are treating as a…
Police keen to establish if the murder of a Newcastle man with learning…
Police investigating the murder of a Newcastle man with learning disabilities believe his death could be a…
Delay in providing Personal Independence Payments ruled unlawful by High Court
A delay of more than 9 months in delivering Personal Independence Payments (PIP) to two people with disabilities…
Businesses hear about unlocking potential of people with learning disabilities
Representatives from nearly 50 major businesses have come together to discuss how to get more young people with…
Man jailed for attempting to groom man with learning disabilities into committing…
A teenager has been jailed for 8 years for attempting to groom a man with learning disabilities into committing…