Charity says 9% of disabled people have been victims of
hate crime
Almost one in 10 disabled people in the UK have been the victim
of a hate crime, according to a leading disability charity.
For the first time, the 2009 version of an annual survey carried
out by Leonard Cheshire Disability asked respondents whether they
had faced a crime which they felt was motivated by their
disability, with 9% saying they had.
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Final hammer blow for social care pledge
The dream of a professional register of 1.4 million social care
workers in England is over. Today's report on the inquiry into the
failure of the General Social Care Council (GSCC) to regulate
competently the conduct of social workers and social work students
– the first and easiest 100,000 of that hugely ambitious target
group – drives the final nails into the coffin of a plan that was a
Labour commitment when the party took power in 1997.
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Crass public sector cuts would wreak lasting social and
economic damage, warns union leader
Brendan Barber, the TUC leader, has warned that big public
spending cuts could cause "social and economic damage" as survey
findings show Britons have become increasingly reliant on public
services to cope with the recession.
A poll conducted for the TUC by the Association of Public
Service Excellence (APSE) suggests pressure on services has
increased as people turn to local services such as debt
counselling, business advice, and housing and job searches.
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