February 17, 2012
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For the full stories, please click on the links: The government has been defeated by peers again on its welfare reform bill, this time over a proposal that was set to punish disabled people in social housing who have spare bedrooms. … Continue reading
February 10, 2012
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For the full stories, please click on the links: Coalition MPs who play leading roles in disability-related parliamentary groups – but still voted to slash disabled people’s benefits – have been accused of hypocrisy. Disabled peers believe they could still … Continue reading
February 3, 2012
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A leading MP has criticised the General Medical Council (GMC) after a GP whose negligence allowed disabled people to be raped and neglected at two residential homes removed himself from the doctors’ register. Scores of disabled people were raped, drugged, … Continue reading
February 3, 2012
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For the full stories, please click on the links: A disabled senior government adviser has admitted failing to tell civil servants about freelance work she carried out for an insurance giant that is set to make millions from the coalition’s … Continue reading
January 27, 2012
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For the full stories, please click on the links: A senior government adviser has failed to declare freelance work carried out for the insurance giant set to make huge financial gains through the coalition’s incapacity benefit reforms. The government has … Continue reading
January 20, 2012
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For the full stories, please click on the links: Leading figures in the disability movement say they could stop cooperating with the Department for Work and Pensions if the government’s welfare reform bill becomes law. The London 2012 organising committee’s … Continue reading
January 13, 2012
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For the full stories, please click on the links: Opposition and independent peers have secured three key victories over the government in the battle to reverse its planned cuts to out-of-work disability benefits. A new report has revealed “serious inaccuracies” … Continue reading
January 6, 2012
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Disabled activists have condemned a new report – funded by pro-euthanasia campaigners – that suggests assisted suicide could and should be legalised in England and Wales. Four leading disabled figures have backed a call for politicians to “seize” the latest … Continue reading