Daily Archives: 15/06/2010

Disabled MP elected to chair influential committee

15/06/2010 – 10:10 am

A disabled MP has become the first elected chair of the influential committee that will hold the government to account over welfare reform.
The Labour MP Anne Begg said the economic climate would make her job as chair of the work and pensions select committee “challenging”.
She warned that the Department for Work and Pensions – which [...]

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EHRC faces deep budget cuts

15/06/2010 – 10:01 am

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been told by the government to slash its spending this year by nearly 12 per cent.
The government has ordered the EHRC to find £7 million in savings from this year’s £60 million budget, as part of efforts to reduce the public sector deficit.
The equality and human rights [...]

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