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Labour conference: Members call on party to ‘stop and scrap’ universal credit

By John Pring on 27th September 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Labour conference: Members call on party to ‘stop and scrap’ universal credit
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Disabled Labour members have used the annual conference to demand that their party calls on the government to scrap its “toxic” universal credit benefit system. Labour’s position has been to call on the government to stop the rollout of universal credit […]

DWP silence over new PIP backdating call

By John Pring on 7th June 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP silence over new PIP backdating call
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Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey has refused to say how many disabled claimants are likely to receive backdated benefit payments, following the latest in a series of serious legal errors by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). McVey (pictured) […]

Labour admits ‘confusion’… but still no shadow minister for disabled people

By John Pring on 27th October 2016 Category: Politics

Labour admits ‘confusion’… but still no shadow minister for disabled people
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Labour has admitted that it has still not appointed a shadow minister for disabled people, nearly three weeks after party leader Jeremy Corbyn completed a reshuffle of his top parliamentary team. There has now not been a Labour shadow minister to […]

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