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Lib Dem conference: Bid to scrap WCA approved, despite calls for more radical reform

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Lib Dem conference: Bid to scrap WCA approved, despite calls for more radical reform
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Liberal Democrats have voted for a new social security policy that will scrap the “fitness for work” test and all benefit sanctions, despite many disabled party members calling for a more radical approach to welfare reform. The vote at the party’s […]

Lib Dem conference: ‘Disabled people’s anger is justified’

By John Pring on 25th September 2015 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: ‘Disabled people’s anger is justified’
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Disabled Liberal Democrats believe their party is capable of winning back voters who feel “justifiably angry” about the disability policies their party signed up to as part of the coalition government. Members of the Liberal Democrat Disability Association (LDDA) say they […]

Lib Dem conference: Party has ‘mountain to climb’ on social security

By John Pring on 25th September 2015 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Party has ‘mountain to climb’ on social security
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The Liberal Democrats have “a mountain to climb” to prove that the party will stand up for all those in need, their annual conference has been told by a disabled activist. The conference in Bournemouth was discussing an anti-austerity motion that […]

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