Government support for disabled people in dealing with the extra costs they face has “barely scratched the surface” of their needs, a disabled MP has told a House of Commons debate. Labour’s Marsha de Cordova told fellow MPs on Monday that […]
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Six disability campaigners tell MPs: Government’s benefit reforms are not fit for purpose
Six disability campaigners have delivered scathing criticism of the government’s controversial new disability benefits reforms, in evidence to a committee of MPs. The representatives of three disabled people’s organisations and two disability charities joined a Conservative disabled peer in delivering an […]