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    What we've been working on in Parliament in 2017!

    21 December 2017

    Hear from Rob Holland, Mencap's Public Affairs Manager, on the progress we've made in Parliament this year to improve the lives of people with a learning disability
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    My Grandma - Judy Fryd CBE and founder of Mencap - her legacy and FamilyHub

    30 November 2017

    "Judy was a really lovely person, inside and out. She really was one of life’s genuinely selfless people"
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      18 August 2015

      Mencap

      In response to the DWP using false case studies, Mencap has issued this response

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