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Expert benefit claimants devise social security system ‘no longer guided by stereotypes’

By John Pring on 13th August 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Expert benefit claimants devise social security system ‘no longer guided by stereotypes’
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A ground-breaking group of service-users have devised a draft plan for replacing the current working-age benefits system with something that is no longer “guided by stereotypes and myths about disabled people and people in poverty”. The Commission on Social Security, led […]

Call for help to design a social security system of dignity, respect and trust

By John Pring on 30th May 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Call for help to design a social security system of dignity, respect and trust
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Disabled people and others with personal experience of claiming benefits are leading a ground-breaking project to devise a new social security system, in which claimants would be treated with dignity, trust and respect. The Commission on Social Security, led by Experts […]

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