Daily Archives: 18/09/2011

Drastic fall in income sparks call for DPOs to work together

Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) need to work together to raise their profile and find ways to cope with a drastic fall in their income, disabled activists have been told.
Research by Disability LIB, a partnership project of seven organisations – most of which are DPOs – found that the total income of 100 representative English DPOs [...]

Court setback just spurs campaigners on in fight against care cuts

Disabled campaigners have vowed to fight on, despite losing a High Court challenge to a council’s plans to make sweeping cuts to adult social care and support.
A judge at the High Court in Manchester ruled that Lancashire County Council did not breach the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) by failing to pay “due regard” to the [...]