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Replace High Court judge approval with expert panel, says assisted dying Bill MP

A group of 23 MPs is preparing to undertake line-by-line scrutiny of the proposed legislation from Tuesday, with the process expected to last weeks.

Evening Standard

New ‘judge plus’ system proposed by MP behind assisted dying Bill

A group of 23 MPs is preparing to undertake line-by-line scrutiny of the proposed legislation from Tuesday, with the process expected to last weeks.

Evening Standard

Assisted Dying Bill: Doctors required to discuss other options with patients

Kim Leadbeater has written to MPs, stressing that it is important to ‘enhance’ the proposed legislation where necessary.

Evening Standard

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Traitors star Alexander ‘so pleased’ brother’s story inspired Mencap donations

The former British diplomat admitted it was a ‘tricky decision’ to talk about his younger brother, who had global development delay and autism.

Evening Standard

Charity concerns as NHS prepares to publish priorities for the year ahead

Every year the NHS sets out key objectives for the coming year.

Evening Standard

Traitors finalist Alexander helps to boost Mencap donations by more than £30,000

The former British diplomat said the charity helped to support his younger brother who died at the age of 17.

Evening Standard

The Traitors: Charity receives £30,000 in donations after finalist Alexander shared his brother’s moving story

Former British diplomatic Alexander Dragonetti opened up about his late brother, who had global developmental delay

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UK banks’ trust account exodus cuts lifeline for disabled people, says charity

Customers face ‘severe consequences’ as banks and building societies close accounts typically set up to help vulnerable people

The Guardian - UK

New Budget blow to Rachel Reeves as disability charity says it may be forced to scrap key services

Mencap warns it will be hit by the Labour chancellor’s rise in National Insurance paid by employers

The Independent UK

‘Social care costs for working age and lifelong disabled could be £17bn by 2030’

Costs for 18–24-year-olds could rise by 40% within the next six years, the analysis also suggested.

Evening Standard

Loss of NHS specialist nurses will lead to deaths of people with learning disabilities, experts warn

“We need more, and we know that more people will die if we’re not there,” warns learning disability nurse Katy Welsh

The Independent UK

Mencap charity sells its "too big" London HQ for £8.5m following working from home revolution

Around 200 employees were based at the 18.600 sq ft office before the pandemic

Evening Standard

End solitary confinement for children and limit it for adults, review demands

Report author says ‘my heart breaks’ as she warned the practice for people with learning disabilities has no therapeutic benefit.

The Independent UK

Disabled people are receiving degrading treatment in an overstretched NHS

Letters: Dan Scorer of Mencap responds to a report on a survey in which NHS staff said they don’t have enough time for patients

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Harvey Price sets new Guinness World Record

The 21-year-old drew a 21.3 metre-long picture of his favourite train – a Thameslink engine and carriages

The Guardian - UK

Can you solve it? The simple question almost everyone gets wrong

The stencil puzzle that revolutionised IQ testing

Evening Standard

Katie Price’s son Harvey in Guinness World Record charity bid for the world’s longest drawing of a train

The 21-year-old is on the autism spectrum and was born with disabilities including partial blindness, ADHD and Prader-Willi syndrome

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a tax on disability’: rising English social care costs force many into debt

As outgoings exceed income, people can’t afford to pay for the support they need along with normal expenses

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17 lives lost: London exhibition turns lens on state-related deaths

Images featured taken under direction of relatives of people who died after contact with state apparatus

Evening Standard

Two Met Police officers sacked over discriminatory WhatsApp messages

Two serving Metropolitan Police officers have been dismissed over discriminatory messages they sent to colleagues in a WhatsApp group, including some making fun of Katie Price’s disabled son, Harvey.

Wales Online

Details of 'abusive' messages shared by police about Harvey Price emerge at hearing

Eight Metropolitan Police officers were found guilty at the hearing

Belfast Live

ESF funding loss 'due to Brexit fallout and Stormont impasse' as charities hope for support

Mencap NI has said that its employment services have lost 70% of their funding due to the loss of ESF

Daily Mirror

'I'm a football coach with a disability – others in the community aren't as lucky'

Sas Granville is a Myth Buster for learning disability charity Mencap – and is working to challenge peoples' perceptions when it comes to people with a disability and sports

Belfast Live

How the loss of the European Social Fund will impact society's most vulnerable and marginalised

Mencap has announced that over 50 jobs are at risk in its employment services as a result of the loss of funding

Belfast Live

Mencap jobs fears: Lisburn & Castlereagh Council to press Stormont over funding

"We should be doing our best on LCCC to help as Mencap in Castlereagh can only do so much in isolation, we urgently need a refunding solution."

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