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Court hears appeal on ‘unfair’ PIP 20 metre rule consultation

By John Pring on 17th July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Court hears appeal on ‘unfair’ PIP 20 metre rule consultation
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A government consultation on plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit was unfair and unlawful, the court of appeal heard this week. Last year disabled campaigner and blogger Steve Sumpter failed in a judicial review of whether the government […]

Ministers ‘considering scrapping WRAG top-up’

By John Pring on 3rd July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Ministers ‘considering scrapping WRAG top-up’
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Ministers are considering plans to slash benefit payments to hundreds of thousands of disabled people, by scrapping a key part of the main out-of-work disability benefit, employment and support allowance (ESA), according to the BBC. The BBC reports that a leaked […]

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