Campaigning Together
The Policy and Campaigns team ensures that the voice of people affected by MS is heard in Parliament, by policy makers in the civil service, and at the highest level of Government.
A fairer social care system
The state of social care and how to secure its long-term funding is one of the key issues on the Government's agenda. The Society is fighting to ensure that the voices of people affected by MS are heard in the debate.Read more about a fairer social care system
Rising transport costs for MS Society branches
The MS Society is concerned that rising transport costs - fuel price rises, the increase in Vehicle Excise Duty and particularly the introduction of the London Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) - could have an adverse affect on branches operating their own transport.Read more about the rising transport costs for branches
Fighting against unfair prescription charges
The NHS is not always ‘free at the point of delivery’. Prescription charges place an unnecessary financial burden on disabled people and people with a long-term conditions, and the MS Society is campaigning to see that people never go without the medication they need because the cost of prescriptions.Read more about our work on prescription charges
Supporting MS Nurses
Find out how the MS Society continues to battle to secure the financial security of MS specialist nurse posts.Read more about MS Nurses
Welfare reform
The Government’s Welfare Reform Act signals a major change in the way that sickness benefits are paid. Anyone claiming Incapacity Benefit will be affected by these reforms at some point in the future.Find out how the Welfare Reform Act is going to affect people with MS
