Category: Learning disability

Warning over rise in children on disability benefits in England and Wales

Resolution Foundation points to growth in claims for conditions such as autism and says adulthood brings financial cliff edgeChildren in England and Wales aged 15 or 16 are now more likely to be receiving disability benefits...

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UK Covid live: poorer pupils show 50% more ‘learning loss’ than wealthy ones, says report

DfE report says attainment gap may have been widened by pandemic; MPs told that only 150 people a day go into mandatory hotel quarantineJohnson pledges more Covid support in budget than Labour calls forMore people with learning...

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UK coronavirus live: Starmer urges Johnson to help those hit hardest by Covid; Oxford looking at future vaccine pill

PM questioned by Labour leader; Oxford professor Sarah Gilbert says in future people could be vaccinated by taking a pillMore people with learning disabilities to be invited for Covid jabNHS app could be used to prove status and...

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UK coronavirus live: Johnson facing Starmer at PMQs; Oxford team looking at possibility of vaccine pill

PM questioned by Labour leader; Oxford professor Sarah Gilbert says in future people could be vaccinated by taking a pillMore people with learning disabilities to be invited for Covid jabNHS app could be used to prove status and...

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Charities urge clarity over who qualifies for next UK vaccine wave

Many vulnerable people who expected to be on ‘at risk’ list next in line for jab say they have been left outCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThousands of vulnerable people in the UK...

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UK Covid live: Keir Starmer and Nicola Sturgeon criticise government over ‘too leaky’ borders

Labour leader says all arrivals in UK should have to face hotel quarantine as Sturgeon calls UK borders ‘too leaky’ to protect against variantsHealth secretary goes cool on prospect of summer holidays for...

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UK Covid live: Hancock makes statement on restructuring NHS as health service fights pandemic

Health secretary lays out sweeping proposals for restructure; professor says Kent variant will ‘sweep the world’Health secretary goes cool on prospect of summer holidays for BritonsHancock announces shake-up giving...

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UK coronavirus live: 33,470 people test positive in a day, highest since start of pandemic

Latest updates: latest figures show big jump in new infections; Alok Sharma to hold news briefing England’s test and trace system hit by ‘huge’ IT problems last monthCovid deaths for people with learning...

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