Disability poverty

Benefits and Poverty

Rhian Davies speaking at a lectern, with a BSL interpreter beside her

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Sharp rise in disability poverty in Wales is ‘very concerning’

The proportion of disabled people who live in poverty in Wales has risen by more than 40 per cent since 2010, according to “very concerning” new research. Figures produced by Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) show that the percentage of working-age disabled people living in poverty in Wales rose from 27 or 28 per cent

Benefits and Poverty

Liz Sayce giving evidence to a parliamentary committee

August 11, 2016

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Charity calls for WRAG exemption from benefits cap

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A leading user-led charity has called for more disabled people to be exempt from the cap on working-age benefits, after the publication of new government figures. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) spoke out after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published figures showing that more than 3, 100 households which included someone claiming

Politics

A wheelchair-user wearing a ventilator, with an Iain Duncan Smith 'Wanted' poster behind his head and surrounded by police

October 9, 2015

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Tory conference: Anger over IDS ‘work your way out of poverty’ call

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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been accused of insulting disabled people by telling them to “work your way out of poverty”. His speech to the Conservative conference was short on policy detail but heavy with rhetoric, including a promise that the party would deliver on its election pledge to be “the

Benefits and Poverty

Protester in wheelchair holding sign saying 'The needy, paying for the sins of the greedy'

July 3, 2015

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