Daily Archives: 22/01/2011

Government ‘should copy DPTAC, not scrap it’

22/01/2011 – 12:30 pm

The government should rethink the decision to scrap its accessible transport advice body and even set up similar committees in other departments, according to a disabled peer.
Lord [Colin] Low said the Department for Transport (DfT) had “lost its focus” on disability issues, and abolishing the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) would be a further [...]

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Government’s justification for cutting benefit is ‘a myth’

22/01/2011 – 12:25 pm

The government’s justification for cutting a vital benefit from disabled people in residential care is “a myth”, according to a coalition of charities.
The government claims removing the mobility component of disability living allowance (DLA) from an estimated 80,000 people in residential care – announced in October’s spending review – is justified because of an “overlap [...]

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