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Disabled people ‘driven to breaking point’ by cuts, says UN expert

By John Pring on 23rd May 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled people ‘driven to breaking point’ by cuts, says UN expert
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Many disabled people’s families have been “driven to breaking point” by cuts to social care, while other disabled people have been denied benefits and forced by the government into unsuitable work, a UN human rights expert has concluded. Professor Philip Alston, […]

Labour resists ‘scrap universal credit’ call, as Tory blames ‘fecklessness’ for food bank use

By John Pring on 18th October 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour resists ‘scrap universal credit’ call, as Tory blames ‘fecklessness’ for food bank use
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Labour has failed in a bid to force the government to publish secret papers that would show the true financial impact of universal credit on benefit claimants. In a debate lasting nearly four hours yesterday (Wednesday), Labour and SNP MPs lined […]

Foodbank study suggests disability benefits should rise

By John Pring on 6th July 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Foodbank study suggests disability benefits should rise
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The authors of a major new study have called on the government to launch an inquiry into whether disability benefit payments should be increased, after finding more than half of the people who use foodbanks are disabled and unable to work. […]

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