Daily Archives: 29/10/2011

Government is ‘talking up’ benefit fraud, says shadow minister

29/10/2011 – 9:00 am

Labour’s new shadow minister for disabled people has accused the government of “talking up” the issue of disability benefit fraud as it attempts to push through its sweeping welfare reforms.
Anne McGuire, herself a former minister for disabled people, told Disability News Service that she was “highly critical” of the “context” the government had created around [...]

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Scope’s DIAL UK closure threatens rift with movement

29/10/2011 – 9:00 am

A disability charity’s decision to close down a national advice organisation, just two years after they merged, has provoked anger among disabled people’s organisations (DPOs).
Scope merged in 2008 with DIAL UK, a long-established DPO which supports a network of about 120 local disability information and advice services, most of them user-led.
But Scope has now decided [...]

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