Children’s Commissioner for England highlights risks to children’s rights of Welfare Reform Bill
Proposed reforms incentivise family breakdown, according to the OCCE The Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England has issued an assessment
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Cameron will be robbing the sick with Welfare Bill
Cam plan is so sick ROBBING the sick to plug a black hole created by the excesses of greedy bankers
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Sue Marsh on Newsnight
Last nights Newsnight with Sue Marsh & Chris Grayling – From this interview it’s quite clear who’s side the BBC
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
Atos: not fit to work the ‘fit to work’ test
Chris and Fee lament Atos’s failures over the ‘fit to work’ tests
Welfare reforms: Cameron defeated in the Lords…again. What a surprise!
I wonder if David Cameron is starting to get the message yet? If not, let me spell it out. His
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Campaigners win House of Lords votes on Employment and Support Allowance … Continue reading
Lords prepare for critical debate on welfare benefit payments to cancer patients … Continue reading
Government suffer Lords defeat over welfare cuts
The government has lost a vote in the House of Lords over its plans to cut the welfare bill. Peers
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‘When my disability benefits are cut, it will strip away my last shred of dignity’
After a rare bone disease nearly killed him, Mark Sparrow had to stop working and now fears the ESA and
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Labour optimistic of ability to dilute contaminated welfare reforms including means-testing of cancer patients … Continue reading
We’re all desperate for welfare reform, Mr. Cameron, but hiding the truth is not the way to achieve it
I believe that there comes a point in the life of any Prime Minister when the electorate is entitled to
Mayor of London says Disability Living Allowance proposals could push disadvantaged group into deeper poverty … Continue reading
31 deaths during wait for benefits judgment
More than 30 benefits claimants have died while appealing against a judgment that they were fit to work, official figures
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 … Continue reading