Coping with disabled children is still a struggle even if you have money.
New Reform analysis of sickness benefits over the past five years found a persistently high caseload that is increasingly young and mental health-related.
Bureaucratic burdens mean that at present there is a poor service – at a high cost.
In our final piece marking the Act’s 20th anniversary, the Minister for Disabled People hails progress made, but argues there is more to do.
Opposed by Clarke and Heseltine, supported by Lilley and Portillo and backed by John Major as Prime Minister, it was the former Tory leader’s “proudest achievement”.
It deserves to be honoured as part of the great tradition of Conservative social reforming legislation.
It is well documented that they can suffer both long term development issues and a lag in educational attainment.
Lansley was accused of having no mandate for his NHS bill. But however ambitious it may have been, it didn’t upend the entire medical profession – as this one does.
As with other emerging technologies like self-driving cars, we ought think ahead twenty years and consider the implications.
Carer of terminally ill relatives should not be anxious this week about potential cuts to their allowance: they should know that the Conservatives will always be on their side.
They seem to be more back in vogue with all political parties than at any time since the 1970s.
Euthanasia is being sold in this country as an act of mercy for people who will soon die anyway. However, the European example suggests that the practice would not be limited to the terminally ill.
The Government’s ambition to halve the disability employment gap is a weighty one. But it can be done.