While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
An urgent need for action in social care for the under-60s
With the closure of the independent living fund, disabled people are left in a precarious position by a system that compels them to become ‘employers’ of their personal assistants. RUTH HUNT reports
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General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
AS TIME drags on before the long-awaited social care reforms are announced, a group rarely mentioned by ministers — those who are under 60 and disabled — need urgent action to address the problems in their care and support at home.
For professional care at home there are two main routes, home care directly supplied by the council, or the cost of that care given to the service user in the form of direct payments so they can purchase their own care, with or without a personal assistant.
People who have disabilities want to be as independent as possible but often they find the care they receive though direct payments isn’t flexible enough to support their needs.
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