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Tory conference: PIP claimants will not be spared retests, DWP admits

By John Pring on 6th October 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Tory conference: PIP claimants will not be spared retests, DWP admits
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The government has confirmed that sick and disabled people who will soon be spared reassessments for out-of-work benefits will still face repeated testing for personal independence payment (PIP). Work and pensions secretary Damian Green’s one key announcement during this week’s party […]

Tory MPs’ ‘cynical and shabby’ behaviour over ‘cut and paste’ letters

By John Pring on 19th June 2015 Category: Politics

Tory MPs’ ‘cynical and shabby’ behaviour over ‘cut and paste’ letters
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Conservative MPs have been accused of “horribly cynical, shabby” behaviour after sending out identical “template” letters explaining why they would not back a community inclusion bill named after a young disabled man who drowned in an NHS unit. Campaigners had approached […]

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