Daily Archives: 01/07/2011

Activists call for Cameron to act on abuse institutions

01/07/2011 – 9:00 am

There is “no place” for the type of private “hospital” that was at the centre of abuse allegations uncovered by the BBC’s Panorama, say disabled activists and other campaigners who have written to the prime minister.
Nearly 90 individuals and organisations call in their letter for David Cameron to end the use of institutions for people [...]

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Campaigners hope peers will secure changes to welfare reforms

01/07/2011 – 7:45 am

Campaigners are hoping to persuade peers to make significant changes to the government’s welfare reform bill, after coalition MPs approved measures that could see hundreds of thousands of disabled people lose some or all of their benefits.
The bill passed its report and third reading stages in the Commons, despite Labour opposition, and now passes to [...]

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