Urgent action needed - Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation response to the Learning Disability Census report

Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation comment on the Learning Disability Census report which was published today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

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.

Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to National Audit Office report on government progress since 2012 Winterbourne View Concordat

Today the National Audit Office (NAO) published a report titled “Care services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour” on whether key Government commitments in the 2012 Winterbourne View Concordat are being achieved.

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.

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

Five parents whose children with a learning disability are, or have been, stuck in assessment and treatment units, delivered their collective petitions to Number 10 Downing Street and to the Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition.

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.

Postcode lottery denies children with a learning disability best start in life

New research published today by Mencap reveals that children with a learning disability are missing out on vital Portage services every year, depending on where they live, due to local authority budget cuts and patchy national provision.