Anyone who has special educational needs has to fight for the support they need from the local authority and is hindered by considerable financial costs in a difficult legal system, writes Lord Addington. 

YouGov figures released as Royal College of GPs launches survey of its members on topic.

Lord Mann talks to Georgina Bailey about his new role as Independent Adviser on Antisemitism

Ministers have been criticised after a review by the Government’s health watchdog found that falling staff numbers had prompted a “deterioration” in mental health services in England.

Lord Bird talks to Georgina Bailey about his his latest campaign for a UK-wide Future Generations Act, and how he's not afraid to "cheese off some people" to ensure that society and the planet work for the children born in the next few decades. 

Labour will introduce free personal care for the elderly if the party wins the next general election, John McDonnell is to announce.

The time to act is now to ensure that even more families do not experience the horror of finding their loved one bruised, bleeding and terrified, writes Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP

Boosting budgets isn’t enough – care packages should fit around the needs of those using them, writes Emma Lewell-Buck MP

Hft, a UK charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has welcomed the publication of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Social Care’s report into the professionalisation of the social care workforce.

New Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to fix the "crisis" in social care "once and for all" with a clear plan to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve, as he spoke in Downing Street.

A new report by HfT highlights the challenges faced by a social care sector in financial crisis at a time when demand is growing.

Social care is chronically underfunded and undervalued. It needs an immediate cash injection to bring it to an acceptable standard, and then urgent reform, says Lord Forsyth 

Families which take in elderly relatives would receive tax breaks from the Government if Jeremy Hunt became Prime Minister.

Billions of pounds must be spent to restore quality and access in the adult social care system to an "acceptable" standard, peers have urged, Alzheimer's Society responds. 

The next Prime Minister should pump billions of pounds into the social care system to end the "national scandal" of vulnerable people going without the help they need, a new report has warned.

Labour has accused ministers of "neglect" as a new survey revealed that one in three councils fear they will not have the cash to provide basic services within five years.

Kemi Badenoch, local MP for Saffron Walden, has taken up the offer to walk in the shoes of people with learning disabilities as part of a campaign encouraging political leaders to gain a better understanding of the challenges they face.

Ministers have been accused of “ignoring” the effect of a no-deal Brexit on people with disabilities, as it emerged that no formal impact assessment on the issue has yet been carried out.

Tory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has vowed to shake up the tax system to encourage generations of families to "stick together more".

Following BBC One’s Panorama: Crisis In Care, Part Two: Who Pays? programme on 5 June 2019, Hft has issued the following statement

Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has highlighted that social care staff are being commissioned at significantly lower rates of pay, compared to local authorities, and the Whitehall departments responsible for social care policy. 

Following BBC One’s Panorama: Crisis In Care, Part One: Who Cares? programme on 29 May 2019, Hft has issued the following statement.

Over the last 50 years, there has been an enormous improvement in the public’s attitude to disabled people. If we’ve seen those improvements over the last 50 years, we should now be optimistic that the next 50 years will promise even more, says Lord Borwick. 

The national learning disabilities charity, Hft, has been awarded Centre of Excellence status in recognition of its exemplary training provision by Skills for Care.