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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.
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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.
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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.
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Parents petition political leaders to bring their children with a learning disability home
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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.
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Mencap respond to Care Minister Norman Lamb’s announcement of new measures to strengthen the rights of people with a learning disability
The Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb, has today announced new proposals to strengthen the rights of people with a learning disability.
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Jeremy Hunt MP takes questions from children with a learning disability as part of Mencap’s Hear My Voice Campaign
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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.
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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.
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Woman with learning disability calls for UK businesses to employ more disabled people
Ciara Lawrence delivered a presentation at the government’s Learning Disability Confident Event in the Houses of Parliament.
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Party leaders join forces to support learning disability issues ahead of General Election
In a unique cross-party vote of support, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have today made a personal pledge to listen to the voices of the 1.4 million people with a learning disability in the UK ahead of the General Election in May.
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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”.
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