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  Copied below   is a current letter from the government which appears to shift allocated capital funding for 2016/17 from adult social care to DISTRICT councils and the DISABILTY FACILITIES GRANT.  Cunning stunts! LOCAL AUTHORITY SOCIAL SERVICES LETTER To: The Director of Adults’ Social Services LASSL(DH)(2016) February 2016 County Councils Metropolitan District Councils Shire Unitary Councils London Borough Councils Common Council of the City of London Council of the Isles of Scilly ADULTS’ PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES: SPECIFIC CAPITAL GRANT ALLOCATIONS FOR 2016/17 SUMMARY 1. This letter clarifies local authority capital funding for the financial year 2016/17, which was subject to the 2015 Spending Review. ACTION 2. This letter is provided for information only, and confirms details and allocations of Department of Health local authority specific capital funding. Disabled Facilities Grant The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is fo...

This is another response to Sue Whitaker's statement in an interview last week by BBC's About Anglia. She said: "Our primary function is not to provide people's social life." So I wrote:   Hello Councillor Whitaker. I speak as a disabled person and as a fellow member of the Labour Party.  I was dismayed and frankly astonished at the comments in your recent television interview in connection with Equal Lives’ referral of Norfolk County Council to the CQC. I still can’t credit a Labour Councillor and “ Labour Group Spokesperson for Adult Social Care"  stating, in effect, that disabled people are not entitled to help and assistance under the Care Act 2015 to socialise. I won’t disrespect you by quoting the Care Act as I’m sure that by now you must know it inside out - making your statement even more puzzling. Instead, I’m looking at it from another angle, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which is...