Public Affairs & Policy

Learning disability charity says cross-party approach is the only solution to social care crisis

Learning disability charity says cross party approach in Lib Dem social care manifesto will need ‘brave and strong leadership’

Market Harborough gym celebrates inclusiveness for learning disabled adults

Mind the political gap – it’s time to get serious about social care reform

The Government must prioritise, and listen to, disabled people, says Hft

The Government’s actions do not align with its words, as evidenced by the absence of a UK government minister at the United Nations (UN) hearing on the Government’s violations of disabled people’s rights under the UN Convention on the Right of Disabled Persons.

“A stark but realistic picture”, says Hft in response to The King’s Fund’s Social Care 360

Hft has responded to this year’s Social Care 360 report, released today by The King’s Fund, saying it reaffirms the extensive challenges facing the adult social care sector and the need for immediate action to alleviate pressure.

Hft calls for parity of the adult social care workforce with the NHS as key to a general election manifesto

In response to Community Integrated Care’s Unfair to Care report, Hft calls for parity of the adult social care workforce with the NHS as key to a general election manifesto.

Adult social care remains last in the queue in Chancellor’s Spring Budget

The absence of any nod to adult social care in today’s Spring Budget is highly disappointing and yet another indication that our sector, those who work within it, and those who draw upon it, remain at the back of the queue.

Hft welcomes review into autism employment

Hft, the learning disability charity, has welcomed the Buckland Review on Autism Employment, which puts forward concrete recommendations to ensure that work is accessible to, and inclusive of, autistic people.

Disability Action Plan ignores key issues, says Hft

In response to the publication of the Disability Action Plan, Hft says there are serious omissions and, as it stands, the proposals will make little difference to the lives of learning disabled adults.