When these welfare changes come into force, their savage effect will be seen – and then the public mood will turn

Labour says it will fight any effort to use special procedures to reverse Lords' votes on cutting benefits to disabled people

Most doctors surveyed say the Royal College of GPs and other medical groups should call for the bill to be scrapped

Ministers urged to make concessions over benefits for people with disabilities and serious illnesses following defeat in Lords
Chris and Fee lament Atos’s failures over the ‘fit to work’ tests  
I wonder if David Cameron is starting to get the message yet? If not, let me spell it out. His […]

Campaigners win House of Lords votes on Employment and Support Allowance
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