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Proposed reforms incentivise family breakdown, according to the OCCE The Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England has issued an assessment of the impact of the Welfare Reform Bill which highlights the risks to children’s rights. The purpose of the assessment is … Continue reading →
Cam plan is so sick ROBBING the sick to plug a black hole created by the excesses of greedy bankers could be the Government’s most immoral act yet. Cancer victims shouldn’t suffer financially because the bonus brigade in the City … Continue reading →
Last nights Newsnight with Sue Marsh & Chris Grayling – From this interview it’s quite clear who’s side the BBC is on – Could it be because they are frightened that they may get their licence revenue reduced? So much … Continue reading →
When these welfare changes come into force, their savage effect will be seen – and then the public mood will turn
Continue reading →Labour says it will fight any effort to use special procedures to reverse Lords’ votes on cutting benefits to disabled people
Continue reading →Most doctors surveyed say the Royal College of GPs and other medical groups should call for the bill to be scrapped
Continue reading →Ministers urged to make concessions over benefits for people with disabilities and serious illnesses following defeat in Lords
Continue reading →Chris and Fee lament Atos’s failures over the ‘fit to work’ tests … Continue reading →
I wonder if David Cameron is starting to get the message yet? If not, let me spell it out. His much-vaunted Welfare Reforms are proving to be something of a turkey. In the first instance, his disability proposals were rejected … Continue reading →
The government has lost a vote in the House of Lords over its plans to cut the welfare bill. Peers voted by 260 to 216 to protect up to 15,000 young disabled people from cuts to employment support allowance. Opponents … Continue reading →
After a rare bone disease nearly killed him, Mark Sparrow had to stop working and now fears the ESA and DLA cuts. From April this year, many disabled people will be facing a total loss of their sickness benefits. Employment support … Continue reading →
Labour optimistic of ability to dilute contaminated welfare reforms including means-testing of cancer patients
Continue reading →I believe that there comes a point in the life of any Prime Minister when the electorate is entitled to ask – and loudly – does this person actually know what they are doing? So it is that I have … Continue reading →
Mayor of London says Disability Living Allowance proposals could push disadvantaged group into deeper poverty
Continue reading →More than 30 benefits claimants have died while appealing against a judgment that they were fit to work, official figures show, leading to accusations the system is in chaos. Tribunal centres across the UK, including in Scotland, are also being … Continue reading →
Our panel discusses the shadow work and pensions secretary’s return to William Beveridge in his comments on reform
Continue reading →For a government committed to getting people working, abolishing the disability living allowance presents a PR challenge
Continue reading →Mencap inquiry finds institutional discrimination against people with learning disabilities led to at least 74 deaths
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