£19m funding will allow local authorities in Ireland to carry out adaptations to existing housing
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in Ireland has announced €23 million (£19…
Irish Wheelchair Association calls on the Irish Government to address the cost of disability
Members and staff of the Irish Wheelchair Association gathered outside Leinster House Choosing between eating…
£2.2m Disabled Facilities Grant funding to support housing adaptations for disabled people in Wales
The Welsh Government has reallocated £ million to the Disabled Facilities Grant to support housing…
The Wheelchair Alliance launches manifesto to call for better wheelchair funding and regulation
The Wheelchair Alliance, an organisation which champions the needs of wheelchair users across England, has…
£700k Welsh Government fund provides specialist prosthetic knee
The Welsh Government has funded a specialist microprocessor controlled prosthetic knee (MPK) to amputee of…
LGA finds councils need immediate government funding to deliver 2023/24 budgets
Councils in England face a funding gap of £4 billion over the next two years,…
The Health Foundation reports £18.4bn cost of growing demand for adult social care
The Health Foundation has published new analysis which projects the cost of growing demand for…
BBC investigation reveals local authority budgets face a £33m deficit by 2026
A BBC investigation has revealed the ‘black hole’ in local authority budgets continues to…
Local authorities allocated £1bn of additional support to alleviate spending pressures
Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed allocations for individual councils from the £1 billion…
£95 million funding programmes to “breathe new life” into 68 historic English high streets
68 high streets across England are set to benefit from millions in government funding in…