Daily Archives: 23/12/2011

Discrimination advice cut will be ‘catastrophe’ for disabled people

23/12/2011 – 11:11 am

Government proposals to remove funding from organisations that provide expert legal support for discrimination cases will have a “catastrophic” impact on disabled people, experts have warned.
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has quietly published its response to a consultation on plans for a new equality advisory and support service.
In its response, GEO confirmed its plans to [...]

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Government caught out on DLA statistics… again

23/12/2011 – 11:11 am

Serious doubts have emerged about crucial statistics used by the minister for disabled people to justify the government’s sweeping disability living allowance (DLA) reforms.
Maria Miller was appearing this week before MPs on the work and pensions committee as part of its inquiry into coalition plans to cut spending on working-age DLA by 20 per [...]

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