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Lib Dem conference: Universal credit rollout ‘will ruin lives of hundreds of thousands’

By John Pring on 21st September 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Lib Dem conference: Universal credit rollout ‘will ruin lives of hundreds of thousands’
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The lives of hundreds of thousands of people will be ruined if the government does not halt its rollout of universal credit, according to a disabled Liberal Democrat MP. Stephen Lloyd, the party’s shadow work and pensions secretary, told this week’s […]

Lib Dem conference: Fresh evidence of PIP lies leads to call for video evidence

By John Pring on 21st September 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Lib Dem conference: Fresh evidence of PIP lies leads to call for video evidence
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The Liberal Democrats have called for disability benefit assessments to be video-recorded, after their annual conference heard fresh evidence that healthcare professionals were writing dishonest assessment reports on behalf of the government. The party’s disabled work and pensions spokesman, Stephen Lloyd, […]

Lib Dem conference: Disabled MP promises to ‘harry’ and ‘shame’ ministers

By John Pring on 21st September 2017 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Disabled MP promises to ‘harry’ and ‘shame’ ministers
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A disabled Liberal Democrat MP has promised to “harry” and “shame” the government in parliament over its “shameful” record on disability rights. Stephen Lloyd, the party’s shadow work and pensions secretary, told Disability News Service (DNS) that he would use his […]

Lib Dem conference: Party picks first Westminster candidate from all-disabled shortlist

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Politics

Lib Dem conference: Party picks first Westminster candidate from all-disabled shortlist
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The Liberal Democrats have become the first political party to pick a candidate to fight a parliamentary seat from a shortlist containing only disabled people. Former MP Stephen Lloyd, who lost his Eastbourne seat at the 2015 election by just 733 […]

Disabled ex-Lib Dem MP backs IDS over WCA suicide report ‘cover-up’

By John Pring on 4th February 2016 Category: Politics

Disabled ex-Lib Dem MP backs IDS over WCA suicide report ‘cover-up’
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A disabled former Liberal Democrat MP has refused to criticise the Tory work and pensions secretary for covering up a report that linked the “fitness for work” test with a disabled man’s suicide. Stephen Lloyd, who narrowly lost his Eastbourne seat […]

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