This document summarizes the key points made in a presentation on creating a fair society in Northern Ireland. It notes that unprecedented cuts have targeted disabled people and those in poverty, with 58% of all cuts impacting these groups. It highlights that the poorest families pay the highest taxes and live on very little income. Despite legislation promoting rights and equality, these cuts are exacerbating inequality. The presentation calls for building an alliance to advocate for a vision of a society with equal rights and opportunities for all.
These slides are from a talk Dr Simon Duffy of Citizen Network gave to Café Economique in Leeds, making the case for basic income. The argument set out is that UBI is one necessary part of a range of reforms necessary to support citizenship and strengthen community life. This talk preceded a (rather fiery) debate with Anna Coote of NEF who argued against UBI.
Talk by Dr Simon Duffy for Citizen Advice Derbyshire Districts, June 7th 2017. He explores the reality poverty is mitigated and created by the political system and particularly examines tax-benefit changes between 1997 and 2014.
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform and the UBI Lab Network set out the case for Universal Basic income to the AGM of Sheffield Church Action on Poverty. He argued that UBI was going to continue to be the main alternative to the main broken social security system and that Christians should support it.
Simon Duffy and Caroline Richardson of UBI Lab Disability talked about the need for UBI+ system - a system which reflects the reality of what people need. This talk was given at the 2021 World Congress on Basic Income.
Dr Simon Duffy gave this talk at a seminar organised by the Erasmus+ funded project the SDS Network which shares expertise on self-directed support globally. The talk explains why human and disability rights support a shift towards Self-Directed Support.
These slides are from a talk Dr Simon Duffy of Citizen Network gave to Café Economique in Leeds, making the case for basic income. The argument set out is that UBI is one necessary part of a range of reforms necessary to support citizenship and strengthen community life. This talk preceded a (rather fiery) debate with Anna Coote of NEF who argued against UBI.
Talk by Dr Simon Duffy for Citizen Advice Derbyshire Districts, June 7th 2017. He explores the reality poverty is mitigated and created by the political system and particularly examines tax-benefit changes between 1997 and 2014.
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform and the UBI Lab Network set out the case for Universal Basic income to the AGM of Sheffield Church Action on Poverty. He argued that UBI was going to continue to be the main alternative to the main broken social security system and that Christians should support it.
Simon Duffy and Caroline Richardson of UBI Lab Disability talked about the need for UBI+ system - a system which reflects the reality of what people need. This talk was given at the 2021 World Congress on Basic Income.
Dr Simon Duffy gave this talk at a seminar organised by the Erasmus+ funded project the SDS Network which shares expertise on self-directed support globally. The talk explains why human and disability rights support a shift towards Self-Directed Support.
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform and UBI Lab Sheffield talks to members of NAWRA (National Association of Welfare Rights Advisors) about why he thinks the conflict over social security will turn into a choice between Universal Credit and Basic Income Plus. He describes some of the benefits of Basic Income Plus and also shares new research on the principles that should underpin the welfare system.
Vicserv hosted an event on the true meaning of control and choice. Simon Duffy explores how control and choice should be seen as a part of building citizenship for all and moving way from institutional responses to need.
Basic Income and People with Learning DifficultiesCitizen Network
Simon Duffy talked to members of Learning Disability England (LDE) about basic income and basic income plus (UBI+). These slides explain the key ideas and open up a discussion about the value of basic income to people with learning difficulties.
Dr Simon Duffy explores how to fully fund adult social care in England. This presentation was hosted by the Yorkshire branch of the Socialist Health Association at an event to explore radical and progressive ideas to reform the broken social care system.
ILC-UK Future of Ageing Presentation Slides - 09Nov16 ILC- UK
On Wednesday 9th November 2016, ILC-UK held it's second annual future of Ageing conference.
We welcomed over 180 delegates made up of business leaders; charity sector experts; public sector decision makers; local authority staff; academics; and senior journalists.
The one day conference was chaired by Baroness Slly Greengross OBE and Lawrence Churchill CBE, and we heard from the following speakers:
- Dr Islene Araujo de Carvalho, Senior Policy and Strategy Adviser, Department of Ageing and Life Course, WHO
- John Cridland CBE, Head of the Independent State Pension Age Review
- The Rt Rev. and the Rt Hon. the Lord Carey of Clifton, Archbishop of Canterbury 1991-2002
- Ben Franklin, Head of Economics of an Ageing Society, ILC-UK
- Professor Sarah Harper, Director, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing
- Dwayne Johnson, Director of Social Care and Health at Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Dr Margaret McCartney, Author and Broadcaster
- John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority
- David Sinclair, Director, ILC-UK
- Jonathan Stevens, Senior Vice President, Thought Leadership, AARP
- Linda Woodall, Director of Life Insurance and Financial Advice, and sponsor of the Ageing Population project, Financial Conduct Authority
27Mar14 - Community Matters Semiar Series - At Home - ppt presentation ILC- UK
The slides from the second in a series of three seminars from ILC-UK and Age UK on Community Matters - are our communities ready for ageing?
Full details here: http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/index.php/events/community_matters_are_our_communities_ready_for_ageing._at_home
Health equals wealth: How can the UK and EU work together towards healthy age...ILC- UK
At this webinar, the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC) explored how the EU and UK can work together on healthy ageing.
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform describes the reality of welfare reform and describes the harm it is doing to already disadvantaged groups. He proposes that there is a better version of welfare reform that has not yet been explored.
In this webinar we'll examine the role that poverty plays in healthy ageing, and hear what organisations are doing to address this major determinant of health inequality.
In this State of the Borough, we share an:
• Introduction setting the scene
• Overview of the challenges the borough faces, the progress we’ve made and
delivery we’re planning next
The appendix outlines
• Evidence that underpins work on each of the pillars for Towards a Better Newham
• Case studies of what we have done as a council to tackle the challenges
• Stories from residents who have benefited from these activities
• Commitments we have made on what we will deliver going forwards
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, people without access to the internet were already at a severe disadvantage in terms of accessing essential goods, services, job opportunities and financial support. The pandemic has dramatically exacerbated this situation. People — many for the first time — have increasingly had to rely on the internet and digital devices to get things done, and to participate fully in society.
In this webinar we presented and discussed the key findings from our research with Citizens Online. The aim of the research was to explore the digital experiences of older adults, and the organisations supporting them during the pandemic.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/digital-skills-connect-webinar
Consumers or Citizens, Families, and Communities in ControlCitizen Network
Simon Duffy gave this talk as part of the join PECCC community organisation hosted by Vicserv, COTA, Valid, Carers Australia Vic, FSSI, Health Issues Centre and VMIAC. This talk begins a programme to explore the true meaning of choice and control and an exploration of how different communities can work together to create better community solutions.
In this webinar we discussed the Good Home Inquiry’s findings and recommendations, the policy priorities of the public and the next steps needed to improve our homes and improve the lives of millions of people.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/good-home-inquiry-report-launch
This webinar explored the challenges and opportunities for people ageing in rural and coastal places, the impact of the pandemic on rural communities and the action required to support their recovery.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/ageing-rural-place-webinar
This set of slides brings together findings from ‘The State of Ageing in 2020’.
We are offering this PowerPoint for use by others in your own presentations but we ask that you retain references to the Centre for Ageing Better.
IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry (IOSR-JAC) is an open access international journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of applied chemistry and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in Chemical Science. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
Logically personalisation and mental health are in perfect harmony - the fact that progress is so slow reflects deep imbalances of power, control and perception.
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform and UBI Lab Sheffield talks to members of NAWRA (National Association of Welfare Rights Advisors) about why he thinks the conflict over social security will turn into a choice between Universal Credit and Basic Income Plus. He describes some of the benefits of Basic Income Plus and also shares new research on the principles that should underpin the welfare system.
Vicserv hosted an event on the true meaning of control and choice. Simon Duffy explores how control and choice should be seen as a part of building citizenship for all and moving way from institutional responses to need.
Basic Income and People with Learning DifficultiesCitizen Network
Simon Duffy talked to members of Learning Disability England (LDE) about basic income and basic income plus (UBI+). These slides explain the key ideas and open up a discussion about the value of basic income to people with learning difficulties.
Dr Simon Duffy explores how to fully fund adult social care in England. This presentation was hosted by the Yorkshire branch of the Socialist Health Association at an event to explore radical and progressive ideas to reform the broken social care system.
ILC-UK Future of Ageing Presentation Slides - 09Nov16 ILC- UK
On Wednesday 9th November 2016, ILC-UK held it's second annual future of Ageing conference.
We welcomed over 180 delegates made up of business leaders; charity sector experts; public sector decision makers; local authority staff; academics; and senior journalists.
The one day conference was chaired by Baroness Slly Greengross OBE and Lawrence Churchill CBE, and we heard from the following speakers:
- Dr Islene Araujo de Carvalho, Senior Policy and Strategy Adviser, Department of Ageing and Life Course, WHO
- John Cridland CBE, Head of the Independent State Pension Age Review
- The Rt Rev. and the Rt Hon. the Lord Carey of Clifton, Archbishop of Canterbury 1991-2002
- Ben Franklin, Head of Economics of an Ageing Society, ILC-UK
- Professor Sarah Harper, Director, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing
- Dwayne Johnson, Director of Social Care and Health at Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Dr Margaret McCartney, Author and Broadcaster
- John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority
- David Sinclair, Director, ILC-UK
- Jonathan Stevens, Senior Vice President, Thought Leadership, AARP
- Linda Woodall, Director of Life Insurance and Financial Advice, and sponsor of the Ageing Population project, Financial Conduct Authority
27Mar14 - Community Matters Semiar Series - At Home - ppt presentation ILC- UK
The slides from the second in a series of three seminars from ILC-UK and Age UK on Community Matters - are our communities ready for ageing?
Full details here: http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/index.php/events/community_matters_are_our_communities_ready_for_ageing._at_home
Health equals wealth: How can the UK and EU work together towards healthy age...ILC- UK
At this webinar, the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC) explored how the EU and UK can work together on healthy ageing.
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform describes the reality of welfare reform and describes the harm it is doing to already disadvantaged groups. He proposes that there is a better version of welfare reform that has not yet been explored.
In this webinar we'll examine the role that poverty plays in healthy ageing, and hear what organisations are doing to address this major determinant of health inequality.
In this State of the Borough, we share an:
• Introduction setting the scene
• Overview of the challenges the borough faces, the progress we’ve made and
delivery we’re planning next
The appendix outlines
• Evidence that underpins work on each of the pillars for Towards a Better Newham
• Case studies of what we have done as a council to tackle the challenges
• Stories from residents who have benefited from these activities
• Commitments we have made on what we will deliver going forwards
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, people without access to the internet were already at a severe disadvantage in terms of accessing essential goods, services, job opportunities and financial support. The pandemic has dramatically exacerbated this situation. People — many for the first time — have increasingly had to rely on the internet and digital devices to get things done, and to participate fully in society.
In this webinar we presented and discussed the key findings from our research with Citizens Online. The aim of the research was to explore the digital experiences of older adults, and the organisations supporting them during the pandemic.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/digital-skills-connect-webinar
Consumers or Citizens, Families, and Communities in ControlCitizen Network
Simon Duffy gave this talk as part of the join PECCC community organisation hosted by Vicserv, COTA, Valid, Carers Australia Vic, FSSI, Health Issues Centre and VMIAC. This talk begins a programme to explore the true meaning of choice and control and an exploration of how different communities can work together to create better community solutions.
In this webinar we discussed the Good Home Inquiry’s findings and recommendations, the policy priorities of the public and the next steps needed to improve our homes and improve the lives of millions of people.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/good-home-inquiry-report-launch
This webinar explored the challenges and opportunities for people ageing in rural and coastal places, the impact of the pandemic on rural communities and the action required to support their recovery.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/ageing-rural-place-webinar
This set of slides brings together findings from ‘The State of Ageing in 2020’.
We are offering this PowerPoint for use by others in your own presentations but we ask that you retain references to the Centre for Ageing Better.
IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry (IOSR-JAC) is an open access international journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of applied chemistry and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in Chemical Science. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
Logically personalisation and mental health are in perfect harmony - the fact that progress is so slow reflects deep imbalances of power, control and perception.
IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry (IOSR-JAC) is an open access international journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of applied chemistry and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in Chemical Science. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
Slides from a day-long workshop with My Place - a leading personalised support organisation in Perth, WA. The workshop explores the meaning of inclusion and citizenship and the threats and opportunities that lie ahead of us.
The global challenge of achieving citizenship for allCitizen Network
Dr Simon Duffy, at the Manawanui International Conference on self-direction, argues that we can work together to advance citizenship for all. He outlines the place that self-directed support has had in advancing citizenship, but also warns of the danger of consumerism. He explores the growing threats to citizenship from scapegoating and meritocracy. He launched an international membership cooperative - Citizen Network.
In this State of the Borough, we share an:
Introduction setting the scene
Overview of the challenges the borough faces, the progress we’ve made and delivery we’re planning next
The appendix outlines
Evidence that underpins work on each of the pillars for Towards a Better Newham
Case studies of what we have done as a council to tackle the challenges
Stories from residents who have benefited from these activities
Commitments we have made on what we will deliver going forwards
Christianity and Social Justice: exploring the meaning of welfare reformCitizen Network
This presentation was given to the Archbishop of York and to bishops from the North East of England and Yorkshire. It explores the current crisis in the welfare state in the UK, the myths that dominate thinking and outlines the Christian case for some new and deeper thinking about the purpose and design of the welfare state.
A presentation given at the Hallam Justice and Peace Commission in Sheffield on 1st March 2014 by Dr Simon Duffy. The talk describes growing poverty and inequality in the UK today, the negative impact of 'welfare reforms' and some of the real reasons why we are in the current crisis.
Dr Simon Duffy, of the Centre for Welfare Reform and Citizen Network gave this talk in Madison, Wisconsin on behalf of In Control Wisconsin. He explores the values, laws and social systems that support respect for ourselves as we age. He proposes that there are dark threats that require different levels of thinking and action - we need to get back to the foundational importance of love, family and community.
Elderly care conference 2017 - The state of social care: the commissioning la...Browne Jacobson LLP
Joy looks at 'what is social care in the 21st Century and why it is important?' including the current state of the social care market and taking a look at the future.
Dr Simon Duffy presented these slides to a meeting of the Socialist Health Association SHA) which was also joined by members of Disabled People Against the Cuts (DPAC) on 18th June 2016. He proposed that the whole social care system was flawed and based on old-fashioned institutional models that were dangerous and undermined people's citizenship. He proposed radical reform and the creation of an effective right for independent living.
Public service and demographic change: an ILC-UK/Actuarial Profession joint d...ILC- UK
Full details of the event are available here: http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/index.php/events/ilc_uk_and_the_actuarial_profession_debate_public_service_and_demographic_c
The live blog for this event is available here: http://blog.ilcuk.org.uk/2013/04/23/live-blog-public-service-and-demographic-change/
On the 24th November 2015, we held our first annual conference on 'The Future of Ageing'.
During this full day conference we painted a picture of the future of ageing and explored the challenges and opportunities ahead. Through our unique lifecourse focus we explored the potential impact of ageing not just on today’s older population, but also on tomorrows.
We heard presentations from:
- Steven Baxter (Partner, Hymans Robertson);
- Lord Filkin (Chair of the Centre for Ageing Better and Chair of the House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change);
- Lord Willetts (Executive Chair at Resolution Foundation, and former Minister of State [Department for Business, Innovation and Skills]);
- Paul Johnson (Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies);
- Baroness Altmann (Minister for Pensions);
- Professor Jane Elliott (Chief Executive, Economic and Social Research Council);
- Professor Sir Mark Walport (Government Chief Scientific Adviser [GCSA] and Head of the Government Office for Science);
- Jim Boyd (Director of Corporate Affairs, Partnership);
- Elaine Draper (Director, Accessibility & Inclusion, Barclays);
- Mario Ambrosi (Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Anchor);
- Baroness Kay Andrews (Member of the House of Lords Built Environment Committee, Former Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government) 2006-2009);
- Professor Ian Philp (Deputy Medical Director for Older People’s Care, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust).
The conference was chaired by Baroness Sally Greengross (Chief Executive, ILC-UK) and Lawrence Churchill (Trustee, ILC-UK).
Slides from talks given to Anglesey Council on how to develop Citizen Directed Support locally and in Wales. Covering (1) problems in design of welfare state (2) history of innovations (3) key ideas and reforms (4) challenge of making changes work.
The UK experience of person-centred planning and self-directed supportCitizen Network
Dr Simon Duffy of Citizen Network spoke to Netzwerk Persönliche Zukunftsplanung (the germans speaking community for person-centred planning) at their gathering in Luxembourg 2019. He explored the interaction of person-centred planning with self-directed support and the challenges of implementing social innovations within a time of neoliberal thinking and austerity.
Similar to A Fair Society in Northern Ireland (20)
Networked Energy: Energy independence for AlderneyCitizen Network
by Chris Cook and Marcus Saul, Island Power
As Research Fellows at the Institute for Strategy, Resilience and Security, at University College, London, Marcus Saul and Chris Cook researched and developed the Pacific Natural Grid resource resilience strategy.
Here they explain how Denmark has led the way in creating sustainable networks of community-based energy production and distribution.
This has been transformative for Denmark, enabling it to become independent from the oil and gas industry’s dominance. But it is also transformative for communities, who are now creating their own energy economies.
Dr Dave Beck gave this talk for Part 5 of the ‘Grassroots Policies for Farming, Food and Wildlife’ webinar series, hosted by Citizen Network.
In his presentation Dr Beck discusses the harms caused by the monopolisation of supermarkets in the food industry. He also explores the positive possibilities of local currencies.
Dr Beck is a Lecturer at the University of Salford, Manchester.
The webinar recording is available to watch on Citizen Network's website at: www.citizen-network.org
Simon Duffy gave this presentation at the final conference of the UNIC Project, in Brussels in September 2023, providing an overview of personal budgets and the challenges ahead.
Sabrina Espeleta of War on Want outlines the enormous and growing level of world hunger. She explains how a few global corporations control the vast majority of food production and supply and markets exploit the food market, leaving communities, especially in the Global South at great disadvantage. Local peasant farmers are now organising to achieve food sovereignty, seeking to farm in ways in harmony with nature and to meet local needs. The Global North needs to respect the rights and autonomy of these people rather than to continue the pattern of exploitation.
This presentation was given on 6 July in Part 4 of a webinar series on grassroots policies for farming, food and wildlife.
Watch the recording at: https://citizen-network.org
Simon Duffy was asked by the Mayor’s Greater Manchester Charity and UBI Lab Manchester to talk at a recent roundtable event on the relevance of Universal Basic Income (UBI) to the problem of homelessness.
These are the slides from that talk. In summary Duffy argued that UBI is relevant to reducing homelessness in two slightly different ways:
1. UBI would help prevent homelessness - UBI addresses the inequalities in income and housing that create the risk of homelessness.
2. UBI would help people escape homelessness - UBI gives people a vital tool which significantly helps people change their situation in times of crisis.
Find more free resources on basic income at: www.citizen-network.org
A presentation for the One Yorkshire Committee introducing Democratic Yorkshire - a voluntary alliance consisting of a group of organisations and individuals interested in planning a better future for our County through modern democratic means secured in a written constitution.
In this presentation exploring planning law, Laird Ryan talks us through the planning process, explores what we can and can't influence and helps us consider how best to create real, organic and local alliances that make the best use of our energy.
To find out more about the Neighbourhood Democracy Movement please visit: https://neighbourhooddemocracy.org
Citizenship is our Business - The Avivo StoryCitizen Network
Avivo is one of the founding organisations in Citizen Network. they are also pioneers in self-direction and personalised support in Australia. Over the past few years they have been reorganising themselves around the principle that everyone is a citizen - and supporting everyone, including paid staff, to be citizens is their central purpose. Avivo are also leading Citizen Network's Rethinking Organisations programme and networking with other organisations on this journey.
Dr Simon Duffy spoke to Doncaster's Mental Wellbeing Alliance about the importance of thinking about what good help really means. He explored the importance of shifting power, resources and thinking upstream.
Markus Vähälä, CEO of Citizen Network, outlined the development of the cooperative as a framework to support the further development of Citizen Network as part of the 2022 Building Citizen network Together events hosted by Eberswalde University.
At BuildingCitizen Network Together in early 2022 Simon Duffy and James Lock discussed the development of Citizen Network and its current approach to membership and explored with members from all around the world next steps for its development.
Simon Duffy gave this talk for Radical Visions on home, citizenship, institutionalisation and neighbourhood democracy. He explains why institutions are wrong and what we might be do to end the drive towards institutionalisation.
A presentation for the Estia International Confernce in 2021 from Dr Simon Duffy exploring personal budgets, citizenship and community and the challenges for services aiming to work in partnership with people with disabilities in Greece.
An example of good practice in inclusion in employment from Slovenia, shared at the Day Centres Without Walls conference, hosted by JDC in Lithuania. Day Centres Without Walls is an Erasmus+ project funded by the EU.
EPALE - Europos suaugusiųjų švietimo specialistų mokymosi elektroninė platformaCitizen Network
Lina Trebienė of JDC explores the role of European e-learning platform for adult education professionals (EPALE) as part of the Day Centres Without Walls project.
4. • Such deep cuts in public expenditure
• Targeted reductions in income for
disabled people and the poorest
• Targeted cuts to services for disabled
and older people
• Explicit rhetoric blaming the poor and
disabled people for poverty
5. So much has happened,
so quickly.
It is hard to take it all in.
8. Not everything is being cut
[Source: HM Treasury, 2010 October Spending Review]
9. Biggest increase is in central spending
[Source: HM Treasury, 2010 October Spending Review]
10. Biggest cuts: benefits & social care
[Source: HM Treasury, 2010 October Spending Review]
11. • English local government - cut by
£11.3 billion
• Benefits (excluding pensions) - cut
by £18 billion
[Source: Manifesto for a Fair Society]
12. • 58% of all cuts target disabled people
and people in poverty
• 36% of all cuts target disabled people
• 24% of all cuts target the 1.9% of the
population who need social care -
those with the most severe
impairments
[Source: Manifesto for a Fair Society]
23. Trust - percent of people who respond positively to
the statement “most people can be trusted”
Life expectancy - life expectancy at birth for men and
women
Infant mortality - deaths in the first year of life per
1,000 live births
Obesity - percentage of the population with BMI > 30,
averaged for men and women
Mental health - prevalence of mental illness
Education - combined average of maths literacy and
reading literacy scores of 15-year olds
Teenage birth rate - births per 1,000 women aged
15-19 years
Homicides - homicide rate per 100,000
Imprisonment - log of prisoners per 100,000
Social mobility - correlation between father and son’s
income
32. • End of Disability Living Allowance
• Cuts in Housing Benefit
• Reductions in Access to Work
• Reduced eligibility for ESA
• Increasingly intrusive testing - ATOS
• Increased poverty traps - e.g. saving caps
• Benefits reindexed to increase poverty
• End of ILF
• Increased eligibility for social care
• Increasing bureaucracy in social care
• Reducing budget levels in social care
• Return to institutions and care homes
• Increasing social care charges
• Increased taxes on the poor - e.g. VAT
• and many other measures
33. • People with less severe, but still
significant, disabilities
• People with mental health
problems
• Women suffering domestic
violence
• People not in work
• Refugees and asylum seekers
35. • Prejudice against and fear of disabled
people
• Political weakness of disabled people -
fragmented into many groups
• Complexity of social care and benefit
systems
• Confusion about the welfare system and
our shared rights
• Corruption of political systems that
must pander to key electoral groups
37. • DDA and Equalities legislation
• UN Convention on Rights of Disabled
People and Human Rights
• Office of Disability Issues at the heart of
government
• Disabled people in the Commons and
Lords
• Personalisation and Direct Payments
38. Despite the fact that the
government declared its
commitment to fairness
39. •Unfair - target those who are
most disadvantaged
•Unfair - make an unequal society
even more unequal
•Unfair - target the very groups
that didn’t benefit from the
economic bubble
40. An economic crisis caused by the bursting
of a bubble created by...
• Bankers who benefited from bonuses
• Home owners who benefited from
unsustainable house price increases
• Investors who benefited from unsustainable
profits in finance industry
• Politicians who benefited from the illusion of a
booming economy
Who did not benefit from the bubble? - the
poor and disabled people
41. Not just cuts - but targeted cuts
Protected Cut
Pensions Disability benefits
Healthcare Social Care
Education Social Housing
£350 billion out of £500 £40 billion
Universal, mainstream, for Special, marginal, ‘the
‘ordinary people like us’ poor & unfortunate’
Delivered by nationalised Delivered by complex
systems with high visibility systems with low visibility
50. DH DWP ODI DCLG SCIE
CQC
Disability Rights UK Carers UK
ASL ECCA NAAPS NCVO
Carers ARC NCB
ACEVO
Trust Mind Housing
Age UK Mencap Scope Options
Community
Groups People First ULOs
51. How do we build the
strongest possible
alliance?
55. Everyone is equal, no matter their
age, differences or disabilities.
A fair society sees each of its members
as a full citizen - a unique person
with a life of their own.
A fair society is organised to support
everyone to live a full life, with
meaning and respect.
56. 1.Family - we give families the support they need to
look after each other.
2.Citizenship - we are all of equal value and all have
unique and positive contributions to make.
3.Community - we root support and services in local
communities.
4.Connection - we all get chances to make friends
and build relationships.
5.Capacity - we help each other to be the best that
we can be.
6.Equality - we all share the same basic rights and
entitlements.
7.Control - we have the help we need to be in
control of our own life and support.
57. 1.Human rights - not services
2.Clear entitlements - not confusion
3.Early support - not crisis
4.Equal access - not institutional care
5.Choice and control - not dependence
6.Fair incomes - not insecurity
7.Fair taxes - not targeted
8.Financial reform - sustainable
58. 1. Human rights
• UN Convention on Rights of Disabled
People as law in all parts of the UK
• Rights that can be backed by the courts,
includes
• ...equal right with other citizens to
choose their place of residence and
where and with whom they live.
• ...services including personal assistance
necessary to support living as part of the
wider community.
60. 2. Objective entitlement
• Cost of health and social care is >£130
billion
• Private social care is £3.5 billion (2.7%)
• LA charging and top-ups is £2.3 billion
(1.8%)
• Health & social care divide makes no
sense in an era of personalisation
• Courts use ‘natural justice’
62. 3. Early support
• Family support is counted against you
• Families are encouraged to break down
• Families are disrespected
• Crisis support is expensive and
institutional
64. 4. Right to control
• People make the best decisions
• Current restrictions are burdensome
and confusing
• Individual or personal budgets are being
corrupted
• Why is an entitlement ‘public money’?
68. 6. Income security
• The poorest 10% of households have an
income of £6,500
• Of which 47% is paid in taxes - highest
rate of any decile
• The poor often face marginal tax rates
of 100%
• Only sensible solution is universal
minimum income and fair taxes
70. 7. Against charging
• Charging is special tax that is levied
only on disabled people
• It punishes people on very low incomes
and benefits
• It encourages people to be poor
• It is expensive to organise
• It raises very little money
75. 137 different
ways...
to give people not
very much...
•linked or not
•means-tested or
not
•tax credits or
benefits
•disability related
or not
•employment-
seeking or not