Deadline midnight 4 June

Inclusion London believes that the Supplementary Planning Guidance has important role in highlighting the importance of inclusive design, Lifetime Homes and Lifetime, Neighbourhoods so that Town Centres in London can be accessed by everyone.

Is the UK implementing disabled people’s rights under  the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?

Template letters to help you beat the bedroom tax

Inclusion London's response points out the need for Equality Duties by giving examples of the inequality that disabled people still experience in many areas of life.

Consultation closing 26 April

Actions you can take

Report from the Independent Living fund Legal Challenge and why we need to fight to save our right to independent living

People judged to have spare rooms will lose on average £728 per year from their Housing Benefit – or face having to move somewhere smaller.

The new rules on housing benefit started on 1 April will affect people living in housing association or council housing.

The renewal of the welfare state (briefing)

Research conducted by Demos has shown that as a group, disabled people face losing £28 billion in benefits cuts, with an individual possibly losing up to £23,300 by 2018.

Inclusion London responded to the All Party Parliamentary Group’s call for written evidence on social care, the closing of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) and independent living.

Department of Work and Pensions guidance regarding personal budgeting support for Universal Credit claimants.

Local Support Services Framework - involvement of Deaf and disabled people’s organisations?

Call to evidence - deadline 12 April

Call for Evidence-Deadline 19 March 

London Olympics and Paralympics Deaf and Deafblind Access Review Report

Please sign and circulate to all contacts.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published their annual report on the state of health and social care in 2011/12.

Sign the epetition to increase the fund for victims of bedroom tax.

Read Inclusion London’s response. March 2013

Toolkit for advisors

KIDS launches free suite of resources to support families with disabled children who will use personal budgets.

Deadline 12 May 2013

The Care Quality Commission, (CQC) has recently published their findings following a survey on home care provision.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published their annual report on the state of health and social care in 2011/12.

Join SCOPE’s care campaign – Free the 100,000

Read Jenny Morris' blog

Deadline 19 March

Campaigns pack

Deadline 6 March 2013

Deadline 26 April

The Social Value Act came into force on 31 January 2013

Forty six organisations sign letter to the Chair of Equality and Human Rights Commission

Comments by 15 February 2013 are invited on the Mayor’s third ‘Housing Covenant programme’ which focuses on the private rented sector.

New report by ‘We are Spartacus’ campaign group.

Deadline 14 January

The Government is reviewing the effectiveness of the Public Sector Equality Duty  (Equality Duty’).  Here is a template letter which we strongly suggest that DDPOs and disabled people send to Ministers responsible for Equality and to local MPs.

december2012

The Commission on a Bill of Rights' publishes report

Comments invited

Government publishes final report

The Chair of the Budget Committee is calling for you views on how the £15 billion budget for London should be spent.

Minister announces draft PIP regulations, PIP entitlement conditions, assessment criteria and payment rates

Labour Party has initiated an opposition day debate in the Commons based on Pat's Petition.

Independent advocacy needed so disabled people can speak out against bad practice in all health and care settings.

There have been problems with abuse of the emergency handles, so London Underground are looking to make them more tamper resistant without excessively compromising accessibility.

Support the petition which says, ‘Letting MPs serve on a job share basis would enable more people from under-represented groups to stand for Parliament’.

The government has commissioned a review of the Public Sector Equality Duties under the Equality Act 2010, only 18 months after they came into force.

Audio visual summary of Chris Edwards report 'The Austerity War and the impoverishment of disabled people'.

Download documents for your GP

The recently published report by the Work and Pensions Select Committee warns Government of significant concerns about the impact on some claimants of the changes Universal Credit will introduce.

The Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) provides guidance on how to implement the Mayor’s housing policies in the 2011 London Plan.

DWP factsheets on PIP, UC and the benefit cap

‘The People’s Review of the Work Capability Assessment’ report.

Report on early impacts of welfare reform on London

The Greater London Authority (GLA) is asking for the views of Deaf and disabled people on their experience or perception of London as an accessible place to visit.

Urge your MP to sign new Early Day Motion 65: Independent Living Fund.

The Work and Pensions Committee is interested in your experiences.

Over 16,200 disabled children attend schools outside their local authority - Parents say it’s the only way to find services needed.

Community based support is more effective, safer and cheaper  for people with learning difficulties than institutional care.

Report reveals major flaws that need to be ironed out. 

450,000 disabled people to lose out under Universal Credit.

Disabled people now at a ‘tipping point’ where small income loss will lead to greater dependence and insecurity

October 2012

Frequently asked questions and quick guide from DWP.

Deadline extended to 12 October!

Two documents set out government’s approach to enabling disabled people to fulfill their potential.

The London Assembly wants to know what more can be done to support people struggling to feed themselves and their families.

The travel industry must do more to improve accessibility to disabled people, research shows.

The paper provides information on the contents of the Draft Care and Support Bill – influence government’s plans by responding to the consultation, deadline 19 October.

Inclusion London’s information paper gives an overview on the government’s consultation on the future of the Independent Living Fund (ILF), which closes on 10 October 2012.

Severe disability premium will be abolished with the introduction of Universal Credit, this will cost disabled adults who live on their own, or with only a young carer, about £58 per week.

An overwhelming number of people (78%) believe the media should do more to promote people with disabilities as role models in society, according to the ComRes poll, commissioned by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

Inclusion London has responded to the Commons Select Committee’s inquiry into progress towards implementation of Universal Credit.

The government has published its response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) report on disability related harassment.

Read more about consultations on the Universal Credit inquiry, Freedom Pass, Blue Badge, the future of Independent Living Fund and others.

Deadline 7 September 2012

The Draft Care and Support Bill, the ‘Caring for our future: reforming care and support’ White Paper and the ‘Caring for the future progress report on funding reform’ were all published by the government on 11 July.

No show from Boris at Mayoral disability question time hustings - other leading candidates pledge improvements to transport, hate crime prevention and housing.

Chancellor’s increases personal tax allowance in the budget announced on 21 March but threatened an additional £10 billion cut to the welfare budget.  

Inclusion London’/UKDPC’s response contains recommendations for the new cross-government disability strategy.

Inclusion London responded to the Mayors revised London housing strategy consultation. The consultation closed on 6 March.

Find out the work we want the new Mayor to do for Deaf and disabled Londoners.

Physical disability, autism spectrum and mobility were identified as characteristic of claimants with complex needs.

Inclusion London’s information paper describes and comments on ‘Fulfilling Potential’, the government’s discussion document calling on disabled paper to contribute to a new cross-government ‘disability strategy’.

There are concerns that reductions in benefits and public services will significantly and disproportionately affect disabled people.

Inclusion London responds

Inclusion London highlights the reality of cuts in social care budgets and tightening of social care eligibility criteria experienced by disabled people.

Inclusion London believes that councils and central government must work together to protect people with impairments, so they are not further disabled by cuts in care and cuts in services, support and advocacy provided by user led organisations.

Inclusion London calls on the Mayor to provide funding to improve the transport system in London so it becomes fully accessible, affordable and reliable.

Consultation on proposed changes to the laws governing powered mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs (DfT 2010)

Read Inclusion London’s response to the government’s consultation on recommendations in ‘Getting in, staying in and getting on’, the report on specialist disability employment support.

Government's proposals will jeopardise the income stream of housing providers and lead to even less supported housing being available in future.

Inclusion London’s response to the second review of WCA. September 2011.

Poverty and disadvantage will increase for disabled people if government’s proposals to abolish DLA and supplant it with PIP go ahead.

The government intends to abolish Disability Living Allowance and replace it with PIP for those of working age from 2013.

Read Inclusion London’s analysis of the new report on Fairer Care Funding – the report of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support.

Inclusion London responded to the inquiry by the Joint Committee of Human Rights, into the implementation of the right to independent living for disabled people, as guaranteed by Article 19, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Inclusion London, together with a number of other DDPOs and voluntary sector organisations, is opposing government plans for sweeping cuts to the powers, budget and work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Inclusion London responded to the government’s latest proposals for the public sector equality duties, saying why we are dismayed that the government is consulting yet again and why the proposals would be very bad for disabled people.

Inclusion London's new information paper provides information about the proposals in the Welfare Reform Bill.

Inclusion London opposes the government’s bias towards special school’s and supports inclusion in mainstream schools.

Inclusion London’s new information paper looks at the government’s green paper Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability’.

Inclusion London recommends disabled people’s involvement in Bus Driver Disability Awareness Training, content of Information Leaflet and design of new services and vehicles, see response for full details.

Inclusion London strongly opposes the government’s proposals to reform DLA, which would condemn many more disabled people living in poverty.

The government is proposing to cut legal aid very severely. Inclusion London’s submission to the government consultation explains how the plans will deny access to justice for disabled people and why we oppose them.

Inclusion London has responded to the consultation on the government’s proposals for social housing. The submission is available for download and contains key facts and information for DPOs.The consultation closes on 17 January 2011.

The government is consulting on its proposed changes to social housing, which were announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review in October.

The government has launched a consultation on its proposals for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for working age disabled people.

Our new policy information paper explains key problems with the government’s proposals for Universal Credit.

Inclusion London has responded to the government’s consultation on its proposed specific equality duties regulations.

Inclusion London analyses the impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on Deaf and disabled people.

Inclusion London has set out steps we want the Mayor to take to address the inequality disabled people face in London.

Inclusion London’s seminar on Disability in the Equality Act 2010 on Thursday 23 September was a great success. Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre’s conference room was filled to the brim with delegates to hear about and discuss rights under the new Equality Act, due to start coming into force in October. Delegates primarily came from public sector bodies, some private and voluntary sector organisations and from DDPOs.

Inclusion London and RADAR are calling on the government to change its proposals for the specific equality duties.

A new version of the London Plan is currently being proposed by the Mayor of London. It aims to shape London’s development over the next 20 to 25 years. It will replace the existing Plan (published in 2004).

GLA Disability Equality Scheme – time for disabled people to say what we think

The impact of the Budget on disabled people will be bad and will get progressively worse over the lifetime of the parliament.

In June, Inclusion London submitted evidence to the London Assembly’s Transport Committee investigation into the accessibility of London’s transport network.

Inclusion London Information Paper

Public Meeting

The Equality Bill (to become the Equality Act) will merge and replace existing anti-discrimination legislation, including the Disability Discrimination Act.

information paper

Door-to-door transport services in London

Submission from Inclusion London

Submission from Inclusion London

Feedback and next steps

This briefing provides initial background for the meeting on Tuesday 8 December 2009, at City Hall.

Tuesday 8 December 2009, at City Hall

How much do you know about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)?

Consultation on The London Health Inequalities Strategy

The Government published the White Paper, Building a National Care Service

Inclusion London welcomes the fact that the Green Paper accepts that the current system for funding care and support for adults in England is unfair

This paper is from Inclusion London.

Government is consulting on its proposals for the specific public sector equality duties.

How much do you know about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)?

The comments below are from Inclusion London, the pan-London Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations CIC.

This is Inclusion London’s response to the consultation being undertaken by the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) on the ‘Right to Control’

The Equality Bill includes the equality duty for the public sector.

Inclusion London consulted on the government’s proposals for the public sector equality duties

Inclusion London sets out its response to the questions in the consultation.