Comment and media

25 signatories added to open letter asking Commissioner Cressida Dick to publically recommit to getting justice for victims of hate crime.

Caroline Dinenage, The Minister for Care, wrote us an open letter in response to our petition about the Mental Capacity Amendment Bill. We’ve published our response.

Inclusion London was concerned about the government’s lack of consultation with Disabled people and their organisations with the proposed changes to the Mental Capacity Act. We decided to commission our own report to seek out the views of people who may be affected by these changes in law.

Inclusion London response to the Autumn 2018 budget announcement

The Judge in the Access to Work cap case has today said that he did not think the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) was breached.

A cross-party group of MPs believe that social media companies and the Government have failed disabled users and must act urgently. To ensure the views of disabled people are heard, the Committee have launched a consultation on their draft recommendations for action.

We note the global disability summit being held in London at the end of July. We are strongly in favour of international support that improves the lives of Deaf and Disabled people across the world. We also have a number of concerns about the summit.

New figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests show that over 250 Disabled Londoners with high support needs have lost support since the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) in 2015 and a post code lottery operating across London boroughs. The research carried out by Inclusion London has also found a number of Councils […]

Letter from Disabled People’s Organisations to urge that our organisations are actively involved in the Government’s work-stream to look at social care for working age Disabled people.

A report from the Independent Living Strategy Group (ILSG), based on FOI returns from all English councils with statutory social services responsibilities reveals significant concerns about payment card practice and makes recommendations on how councils can properly comply with Care Act guidance.