Leonard Cheshire Policy & Campaigns
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We champion the rights of disabled people globally. Follow us to keep updated on our policy work and join our latest campaigns. Also at @LeonardCheshire
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10-07-2020 09:17:44
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A huge thank you Vicky Foxcroft 💙 for all your work as Shadow Minister for Disabled people for the past four years. We appreciate the effort you made to get into the detail of the policies affecting disabled people and work in partnership with disabled people to push for change.
.Liz Kendall's announcement that Department for Work and Pensions and the new government intend to address the barriers to work is encouraging. Disabled people have been left behind for too long. We need a supportive and tailored approach not the vilification of disabled people of recent years.
We've joined the #ShowUsYouCare campaign to remind local MPs how important it is that everyone can get the support they need to live a fulfilling life. 📰 Read the article in The Independent here: independent.co.uk/news/uk/postco… [1/3]
NCF has joined over 30 social care leaders & people with lived experience in signing a joint open letter to Wes Streeting MP Department of Health and Social Care registering concern over recent government decisions on adult social care nationalcareforum.org.uk/draft/unpreced…
Read this analysis by Mithran Samuel Community Care on the postcode lottery of access to social care. Then find out if people in your area are getting the care they need via this link: bit.ly/SUYC_tw #ShowUsYouCare CSA
.Richard Humphries 💚 a bleak vision for the future of social care for so many of us. But it doesn't have to be this way. Now more than ever the Gov't needs to take action and #ShowUsYouCare bit.ly/SUYC_tw