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Dr Eilidh Whiteford

Revealed: DWP’s secret, ‘financially devastating’ proposals for benefits appeals

By John Pring on 21st April 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Revealed: DWP’s secret, ‘financially devastating’ proposals for benefits appeals
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has drawn up secret plans for sweeping reforms that would make it far harder for disabled people to appeal against having their benefit claims turned down. The heavily-redacted document was sent to Disability News […]

Government set to face legal action after Tory MPs back ‘cruel and nasty’ ESA cut

By John Pring on 25th February 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government set to face legal action after Tory MPs back ‘cruel and nasty’ ESA cut
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The government is likely to face legal action if it pushes ahead with plans to cut the out-of-work disability benefits of hundreds of thousands of claimants by £1, 500 a year, say disabled activists. The warning came as Conservative MPs overturned […]

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