Urgent action on over-medication

Today NHS England pledged urgent action on over-medication of people with a learning disability.

Over 50 charities join to express concern over BBC reports of cuts to Employment and Support Allowance

Over 50 national charities who form the Disability Benefits Consortium have jointly spoken out today.

Political parties launch Easy Read manifestos in fight for learning disability vote

Today, the main five national political parties have launched accessible versions of their party manifestos for people with a learning disability

Political parties disclose welfare election promises

The Disability Benefits Consortium brought together the main five political parties on welfare for the first and only time before General Election.

Chuka Umunna MP listens to concerns of locals with a learning disability ahead of General Election

This morning Chuka Umunna met with people with a learning disability and carers from Lambeth Mencap to discuss the issues that matter to them ahead of the General Election.

Care Act “built on sand” without adequate funding, warn charity leaders

A coalition of more than 75 of the country’s leading charities, including Mencap, is warning that the Government’s flagship changes to the social care system.

Mencap respond to Public Accounts Committee report on care services for people with a learning disability and challenging behaviour

Today the Public Accounts Committee published a report with recommendations to improve the care given to people with a learning disability since the Winterbourne View Scandal in 2011.

Mencap – benefit sanctions trap many in an endless cycle of poverty – response to Select Committee report

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has today (Tuesday 24 March) published a report calling for a full independent review of benefit sanctions.

Parents petition political leaders to bring their children with a learning disability home

Dedicated volunteers are celebrated at Mencap awards ceremony in York

On Friday (13 March), over 100 charity professionals, people with a learning disability, their families and carers turned out at York Racecourse to celebrate the outstanding dedication of volunteers from local Mencap groups across the North of England.

Jeremy Hunt MP takes questions from children with a learning disability as part of Mencap’s Hear My Voice Campaign

NI Minister launches 'supported living' service for people with a learning disability in Omagh

Mencap’s ‘Omagh Supported Living Service’ for people with a learning disability, was officially launched by Mervyn Storey, MLA, Minister for Social Development.