British Minister for Care Services, Phil Hope MP has written personally to the autism charity, the UK Autism Foundation, expressing his wish to do more for parents, carers and people with autism in the United Kingdom. There are over 500,000 people with autism in the country. According to UK researchers 1 in 100 children are on the autism spectrum.

(London, UK)A leading peer in the House of Lords, Baroness Uddin of Bethnal Green has urged Britain's premier, Gordon Brown and his Chancellor, Alistair Darling to do more for families with autism who are below the poverty line. Lady Uddin is supporting the Poverty and Autism Initiative launched in London on Monday 3rd November by the autism charity, the UK Autism Foundation.