Policy blog

Updates on latest policy initiatives in the UK and how they impact the people we work with.

• Working in partnership: The Disability Charities Consortium

  The Disability Charities Consortium (DCC) brings together CEOs and policy leads from nine of the UK’s leading not-for-profit disability organisations. We make sure disabled people’s…

• Will working from home fix the disability employment gap?

  At last month’s Autumn Statement, the Government set out its grand plan to erase the Disability Employment Gap. Heralding ‘greater flexibility and availability of…

• Government’s autumn statement gives with one hand, takes away with the other

  Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash Today’s Autumn Statement by the Chancellor has once again let down people with complex disabilities. The…

• What do we want to see in the Autumn statement?

  With Halloween long gone and every sparkler extinguished by Storm Ciaran, you might think there was nothing left to do but to stock up on…

• Sense’s response to the King’s Speech

  

  Find out what was in the King's Speech, and what was missing.

• Sector joins together to ‘break through barriers’

  In partnership with Action for Children and other leading organisations we have today published Breaking through Barriers. The report brings together…

• Sense responds to consultation on proposed benefits changes

  Working from home. It’s something a lot of us – though not all – have become familiar with in the past few years. According to…

• New Sense research shows cost of living crisis far from over

  For over a year, the cost of living crisis has impacted people with complex disabilities.   Our research, including our…

• Influencing at party conferences

  Throughout October you might have noticed an influx of MPs, Peers, Press and Policy and Public Affairs professionals in the Northwest. Unfortunately, it wasn’t for…

• ‘Delivering Better Value’ in SEND, or cuts in disguise?

  This week, the Observer Newspaper reported that the government has “quietly signed” a contract which targets 20% cuts to the number of new education…