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  • Denis Campbell

    Jeremy Hunt narrowly survived the cabinet reshuffle – so what now?

    Denis Campbell
    The health secretary was kept in post by the new PM, but without a change of tack he is likely to become the minister for the visible deterioration of the NHS
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    How Purple plans to link business and disabled people

    Mike Adams
    Our new recruitment agency, Purple, is determined to build employment links and make firms disability confident
  • Police officers leave the Polish Social and Cultural Association after graffiti was painted on the side of the building calling on Poles to leave the United Kingdom, in Hammersmith, London, Britain June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall

    Why London’s Polish cultural centre is pivotal to our lives

    Annette Ormanczyk
    Our cultural activities provide support, promote understanding and serve as a riposte to the post-referendum attack on the centre
  • Brixton Pound cash machine, London, Britain - 12 Apr 2016<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matthew Chattle/REX/Shutterstock (5635884b)
The world's first local currency cash point. Brixton Pound cash machine, shoppers can purchase the Brixton Pound BGBP 
Brixton Pound cash machine, London, Britain - 12 Apr 2016

    How community currencies could help rebalance our economy

    Geoff Mulgan
    By putting a value on people volunteering their time and skills, currencies such as Spice Time credits can bring communities together to meet local needs
  • Female student studying in library<br>Female student studying in library

    Who speaks for young, working-class BME people in the EU debate?

    Ronda Daniel and Reyss Wheeler
    We are disenfranchised – class rifts and racial tensions have silenced our voices. Those leading the remain and leave camps are rich white men
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    A ‘go it alone’ Britain will turn the clock back for disabled people

    Jane Campbell
    Brexit risks us being left out of society, as the promotion and protection of our rights will be seen as a regulatory burden and a problem, not an aspiration
  • British Expats And Germans Discuss Brexit<br>BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 26:  European Union (L) and British Union Jack flags hang at a meeting for British citizens living in Germany to discuss the implications of Great Britain leaving the European Union, known popularly as Brexit, on May 26, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. On June 23, 2016, UK citizens will vote on a post-legislative referendum on the country's membership in the European Union. Many British proponents of leaving the EU argue that it would allow the UK to better control immigration as well as save billions in membership fees as well as control trade deals and legislation, while those who wish to remain believe that leaving would decrease both the country's influence in world affairs as well as its security, and cause trade barriers with the rest of Europe.  (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

    Should I stay or should I go? Young people debate the EU and Brexit

    Anna Smee
    Meetings at local youth clubs give youngsters time and space to explore the pros and cons of EU membership
  • Charter call in Winterbourne report<br>File photo dated 01/06/11 of Winterbourne View residential hospital, as a report into the care of people with learning difficulties has called for the creation of a "charter of rights" to protect patients, following a scandal at the private hospital after undercover filming by BBC's Panorama programme showed serious abuse by workers. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday November 26, 2014. The document makes a series of recommendations, including giving patients and their families the power to challenge the system and request a personal care budget. Sir Stephen Bubb, chief executive of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, chaired an independent group which developed the action plan entitled Winterbourne View - Time for Change. See PA story HEALTH Care. Photo credit should read: Tim Ireland/PA Wire

    People with a learning disability are being denied care close to home

    Andrew Cannon
    Coalition of learning disability care providers warns that government plans to shut down long-stay units will fail because of inadequate funding
  • Stephen Bubb byline pic for Response in June 2009

    Why I’m stepping down to support charity leadership

    Stephen Bubb
    The outgoing chief executive of Acevo, the charity leaders network, says the fundraising crisis and the Kids Company collapse, makes it the right time to head up the Charity Futures Programme
  • As a result of the rule, thousands of disabled people have had to hand back their mobility vehicles

    Disabled people deserve a fairer interpretation of their mobility than this arbitrary 20 metre rule

    Celia Thomas
    My successful Lords motion calls for the government to make the rules on the Pip benefit fairer for people who struggle to walk a short distance
  • Peter Hetherington

    These council elections will do nothing to calm local turbulence

    Peter Hetherington
    Labour won’t capitalise on Tory infighting, while Conservative councillors are in open revolt against their government – and face being reorganised out of existence
  • Co-Op Parade<br>1980:  Staff from the Co-operative shop in the village of Tollesbury, Essex join up with members of the Co-Operative Folk Dance Club to parade a float down the street.  (Photo by Bob Cross/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
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    Loneliness is a silent killer we need to fight together

    Richard Pennycook
    The Co-op’s members and businesses are working with the British Red Cross to tackle this modern crisis
  • Woman and baby on council estate

    Poor women have never had ‘privacy’. So why should those who bank offshore?

    Lisa Mckenzie
    The moneyed elites are furious at being subject to the kind of scrutiny that working-class mothers have had to endure for years
  • Man smoking

    We need a strategy to help people with mental health problems quit smoking

    Paul Burstow
    Smoking levels remain stubbornly high among the poorest and most vulnerable people in society. This inequity must be tackled
  • Concern for relatives is pushing families to film secretly in care homes

    Joe Plomin
    As a BBC producer I have been involved in five investigations that have used secret filming to expose poor care or abuse. Now families who feel they have no other choice are resorting to the same methods
  • Pics - Adrian Sherratt - 07976 237651
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- The East Bristol Bakery (15 Aug 2013). commissioned piece

    Local currency schemes and community energy aren’t just for the middle classes

    David Boyle
    Grassroots enterprises hold the key to boost the prosperity for everyone in our cities
  • Drumchapel credit union

    The My Home Finance loan scheme is in trouble, but tenants still need affordable finance

    Kate Murray
    Whatever the causes of the My Home Finance scheme’s crisis, it highlights the difficulty of providing genuinely affordable loans for those who need them
  • Dawn, a homeless woman from north Wales, sits huddled under a sleeping bag next to her dog in London<br>Dawn, a homeless woman from north Wales, sits huddled under a sleeping bag next to her dog Casper in a shopping arcade near the Victoria rail station in central London December 14, 2012. The number of rough sleepers on London's streets has soared 43 percent over the last year. The financial crisis has tested the reduced budgets of Britain's local authorities and charities, and seen a reversal of much of the progress made over the past decade. Picture taken December 14, 2012.   REUTERS/Chris Helgren        (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH SOCIETY) - RTR3BT4L

    Welsh homelessness reforms show the way for England and Northern Ireland

    Peter Mackie
    Welsh legislation on homelessness is bearing fruit, with local authorities helping more people who are not deemed to be in ‘priority need’, and fewer remaining homeless
  • Sally Phillips

    Why I’m cheering from the sidelines for care workers

    Sally Phillips
    My son Ollie has Down’s syndrome so I know just how vital his care workers are to our family. But they are not valued as they should be
  • Justice fo LB flag

    People with learning disabilities are still not recognised as fully human

    Sara Ryan
    My son, Connor Sparrowhawk’s death in a Winterbourne View-type unit was preventable. We don’t need a commissioner to enforce pledges on better treatment. Just treat everyone as a human being
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