Policy blog
Updates on latest policy initiatives in the UK and how they impact the people we work with.
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What’s coming up for policy research at Sense?
Our Policy Research Manager, Georgina, talks us through our latest research and what’s coming soon. Why is policy research important? Our research on the lives,…
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Does the Health and Disability White Paper deliver for disabled people?
You might have missed it. Not yesterday’s main event– it would have been hard not to hear about the Government’s budget. (But if you do…
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Talking to MPs and peers about the impact of the cost of living crisis on disabled people
The day after we handed our cost of living petition in at 10 Downing Street, we went back to parliament to talk to more MPs and peers about the impact of the crisis on disabled people.
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What next for social care reform?
Just over a year ago, the Department of Health and Social Care published a White Paper designed to ‘fix social care’. A lot has changed…
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Yes, the SEND system needs a transformation, but this isn’t going to do it.
Today the Government published its Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) improvement plan. Hailed by the Government as a transformational document, it includes a…
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Another budget, what do we know and what do we want?
On 15 March, Jeremy Hunt will stand outside 10 Downing Street proudly brandishing that red box, ready to announce his first full budget as chancellor.
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Disabled children are once again missing from the social care conversation
Today the government published its children’s social care implementation strategy “Stable Homes, Built on Love”. This is the long-awaited response to the Care…
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What can data tell us about the impact of cost of living on disabled people?
This week the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published data on the impact of cost of living on disabled people. The data from…
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Lookahead to the Health and Disability White Paper
Sometime before the Spring Budget in mid-March, the Department for Work and Pensions will likely publish its ‘Health and Disability’ White Paper. As we await…
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Lords committee joins calls for social care reform
Barely a week passes without another report about the crisis in social care. Underfunding, workforce shortages, providers handing back contracts they can’t fulfil…. The problems…