The thing about "the UK’s tax burden is now at a record high", is that this is also true for almost all countries 📈

This is the big fear. In our statement, we said that the new money must be accompanied with (among other things!) "existing local authority deficits [being] written off so that this is genuinely new money" disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/autumn-2024-bu… otherwise children & families will feel no impact.

"Member of both Churchill's and Attlee's cabinets," just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?

Wonder what this chart would look like if you toggled "5Y"... 🤔🤔🤔

Using any form of lanyard, alert card etc can only ever be voluntary. Full stop. bbc.com/news/articles/…

This Mail Online story is just click bait. Even the underlying research doesn’t make the claims that the sensationalist headline does. No one should draw any conclusions from it. We expect and demand better from the media. This irresponsible journalism causes stress and harm to

New Government data shows just 30% of autistic people are in employment. That’s among the lowest of any group of disabled people and remains stubbornly unchanged, despite years of Government promises. (1/4) gov.uk/government/sta…

The Government’s new Mental Health Bill is a once in a generation chance to end the human rights scandal of autistic people being inappropriately detained in mental health hospitals. (1/3) bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A look at local newspapers shows why ‘overspend’ is such a big word in today’s new ADASS report. Financial pressures on councils are huge and that in turn affects how money is being spent, with money focused on meeting immediate needs rather than prevention. Thread ⬇️

There is other BIG NEWS today. This starts the process for ending an autism human rights scandal. We National Autistic Society will work hard with MPs and Peers on sections that need strengthening. After so many years, this is *the* opportunity.

Campaign wins are like buses. You fight for years and then two come along in a week! Great success by the @NASCampaigns team and our brilliant supporters.

No one should be bullied because they are autistic. Join our ambassador Chris Packham and #ChooseRespect this #AntiBullyingWeek. Let’s put an end to bullying: bit.ly/4f9Fnv7

If I had £1 for every time the Mail Online published an unfounded "causes" story, I could've already retired. It's the most-viewed English language news site in the world. Think of the good it could do with that platform instead!

There are now more than 200,000 people waiting for autism assessments in England – that’s more than the population of Reading. This should be a huge wake-up call to the Government to urgently fix this broken system, which lets down autistic people and their families:

Compare this with data also out today that the autism diagnosis waiting list has doubled in two years and is still increasing. How much of the £22b extra will go to tackle this crisis?

Minister says fixing social care 'urgent' after we reported 'genuine impasse' bbc.com/news/articles/…