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Budget 2018: Chancellor’s billions ‘will not halt universal credit humanitarian crisis’

By John Pring on 1st November 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Budget 2018: Chancellor’s billions ‘will not halt universal credit humanitarian crisis’
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The chancellor’s decision to pump billions of pounds into universal credit will not halt the “humanitarian crisis” that will be caused by its systemic flaws, disabled activists have warned. Philip Hammond announced in this week’s budget that he had found £1 […]

Budget 2018: Chancellor’s ‘end of austerity’ claim ‘rings hollow’ on social care

By John Pring on 1st November 2018 Category: Independent Living

Budget 2018: Chancellor’s ‘end of austerity’ claim ‘rings hollow’ on social care
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The chancellor’s claim that the “era of austerity is finally coming to an end” and his announcement of further short-term funding for adult social care will “ring hollow” for many disabled people following years of cuts, say user-led organisations. In this […]

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