Disability charities have urged ministers to “end the uncertainty” around future funding for supported housing for disabled people who want to live independently. The 15 charities wrote to the Government,
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A leading Aids charity has won a High Court battle over whether a preventative treatment for HIV which charities say is a “game-changer” can legally be funded by the NHS.
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A sandwich shop chain which helps the homeless has received £550,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to expand its work across Scotland. Social Bite, which has cafes in Edinburgh, Glasgow
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The battle against modern slavery in Britain is to get a £33 million boost, Prime Minister Theresa May has announced. Mrs May said the money would be targeted at dealing
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The Government is being urged to “address the crisis in local councils’ funding” hitting disabled people and their families. Learning disability charity Mencap spoke out after two families from Newbury
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Projects aimed at helping domestic abuse victims have been boosted by £2.3 million of funding. The money from the Big Lottery Fund has been divided between five initiatives in Dunbartonshire,
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A 2% council tax surcharge introduced by George Osborne last year to help pay for adult social care in England has failed even to cover the additional cost from the
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National deafblind charity Sense has responded to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services’ (ADASS) annual budget report by calling for adequate and sustained financing for adult social care.
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The official Leave campaign’s call to spend £350 million a week extra on the NHS with money saved from contributions to the European Union was a “mistake” and cannot be
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Leading midwives have expressed fears over the impact Brexit will have on NHS finances. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said that while the full impact of the decision to
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