Maria Miller, the minister for disabled people, says incapacity benefits must be overhauled, writes Amelia Gentleman

Guardian investigation reveals financial firms with insurance interests have given £4.9m since Cameron became leader

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By Nina Lakhani Friday, 16 September 2011 The Government plans to remove the “fundamental right” to free legal advice for […]

Jonathan Djanogly's role as insurance firm partner means he could personally profit from bill he is pushing through parliament

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The Djanogly Family LLP accounts 2010
The Djanogly Family LLP accounts 2009
The Djanogly Family LLP accounts 2008
Thursday 14th September 2011 Department for Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith was met by angry protesters at the […]
WELFARE REFORM – REDRESS FOR THE DISABLED Just wondered how many had watched the welfare reform debate in the House […]
A Unum Master Class for Financial Advisor This information is intended for financial advisor, (Salesmen), and should not be used with customers. […]
Public confidence in MPs fell steeply between 2008 and 2010, research by the standards watchdog has suggested. The percentage of […]
“They have given us into the hand of new unhappy lords,Lords without anger or honour, who dare not carry their […]
Well done Stuart! Like myself, Stuart was active in the Take Back Parliament Edinburgh campaign for full proportional representation and […]
PLANS to make benefit payments monthly risk driving families into the arms of loan sharks, ministers were warned yesterday. Iain […]
Welfare Reform Bill Second Reading 3.11 pm Moved By Lord Freud That the Bill be read a second time. The Parliamentary […]
Welfare Reform Bill: what next? Today I watched the second reading of the Welfare Reform Bill in the House of […]
Will the 2012 Candidates Maintain Their Silence About Tea Party Extremists? If you watched last night’s GOP presidential debate, you […]
Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, […]
NOW you too can be a high-achieving Uber-crip! Stop whingeing, pull yourself together and stop expecting the state to look […]
Tales of bullying and abuse ‘prove authorities have failed disabled’ By Nina Lakhani The Independent, Monday, 12 September 2011 Victims […]
Rights Commission has published Hidden in plain sight, a report into disability-related harassment and how well this is currently being addressed by public authorities. […]
Abuse of the disabled ‘hides in plain sight’ Published Date: 12 September 2011 The Scotsman By ALASTAIR DALTON   DISABLED people […]
  Tuesday 13th September 2011 By Dan Bean »Reporter A DISABILITY campaigner from York has spoken out after a national report […]
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Stop the unfair and cruel re-assessments via ATOS for disabled people currently on Incapacity Benefit. ESA is a flawed benefit, and puts terrible pressure and stress on vulnerable people, putting people who cannot work on lesser benefits and applying sanctions. Let disabled people decide for themselves if they can work, they and their carers know best.

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