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Charities bearing burden of government cuts on dementia
Charities should not have to plug the gap for government investment
Fundraising | Niki May Young| 2 Feb 2012
Alzheimer’s charities say they should not be expected to subsidise a lack of funding from the government for dementia research, following a study which aims to increase capacity for dementia research in the UK.
There are currently nearly 1 million people affected by dementia in the UK, excluding family members and carers, advises the Defeating Dementia report by Alzheimer’s Research UK, which warns that with an ageing population and without investment in research, these figures could easily escalate.
Lack of funding was the most common response from a base of 120 researchers working in the dementia field asked about barriers to past and future progress in this area.
Cuts to transport scheme for disabled adults could force Flintshire carer out of work
Around 500 others who use the transport each week are also currently being assessed for eligibility
Feb 2 2012 by Francesca Elliott, Flintshire Chronicle
A WOMAN who cares for her disabled sister has blasted council bosses for a £400,000 transport service cut which could impact hundreds and force her to quit her job.
Julie Forster, of Mynydd Isa, is carer to her vulnerable 51-year-old sister Jackie, who has learning disabilities and often needs a wheelchair.
Jackie, like about 500 others in Flintshire, relies on council-funded transport, which uses private contractors to drive people with learning disabilities to day care centres or work opportunities.
Iain Duncan Smith is listening to concerns on welfare reform bill
Iain Duncan Smith will offer minor concessions to critics of his plan to cap state benefit payments as he seeks to rescue his welfare reforms.
By Tim Ross, Political Correspondent
The House of Lords defeated the Government on seven key parts of the Welfare Reform Bill, including the centrepiece proposal to cap out-of-work benefits at £26,000 per household.
However, ministers are determined to overturn all the defeats and will table their own amendments, reinstating the original plans, in the Commons today.
In an attempt to appease Liberal Democrats who have joined Labour critics of the Bill, Mr Duncan Smith is likely to offer “transitional arrangements” to help families who will be hit by the cap.
