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Ministers finally admit – almost – that they COULD assess overall cuts impact

By John Pring on 6th November 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Ministers finally admit – almost – that they COULD assess overall cuts impact
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The government appears to have finally admitted that it could carry out an assessment of the overall impact of its cuts and reforms on disabled people… if it had the right “tools”. Ministers have consistently denied – despite evidence from their […]

Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Atos ‘has no idea’ if surgeon is still assessing claimants

By John Pring on 25th September 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Atos ‘has no idea’ if surgeon is still assessing claimants
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Government contractor Atos Healthcare claims it has no idea if a former surgeon whose flawed assessment of a disabled man helped trigger his suicide is still testing people with mental health conditions for their eligibility for disability benefits. Disability News Service […]

Budget: Chancellor’s WRAG decision is ‘misguided’ and ‘cruel’

By John Pring on 10th July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Budget: Chancellor’s WRAG decision is ‘misguided’ and ‘cruel’
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Disabled people and their organisations have branded this week’s budget misguided and cruel, and say it will drag many more disabled people into poverty. Their chief target was the chancellor’s decision to remove – from April 2017 – the extra financial […]

Queen’s speech ‘suggests the worst is yet to come’

By John Pring on 29th May 2015 Category: Politics

Queen’s speech ‘suggests the worst is yet to come’
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Disabled people should prepare themselves for more cuts and further attacks on their rights over the next five years disabled campaigners have warned in the wake of this week’s Queen’s speech. The speech, which laid out plans for what the prime […]

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