Daily Archives: 16/12/2011

Government’s £1 billion ESA headache

16/12/2011 – 9:00 am

The government will be forced to spend an extra £1 billion a year, after over-estimating how many people would be found “fit for work” through a controversial new assessment.
A report from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) says the government is forecast to spend an extra £1 billion a year on employment and support [...]

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Cinema bosses grilled by Trailblazers over access

16/12/2011 – 9:00 am

Bosses from the country’s three leading cinema chains have been given a grilling by young disabled activists over their failure to make their screens more accessible.
Leading executives from Cineworld, Odeon and Vue attended a parliamentary meeting as part of an ongoing inquiry into the issues affecting the lives and independence of young disabled people.
The session [...]

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