Daily Archives: 10/03/2012

Campaigners set for legal action as welfare bill clears final hurdle

The government’s controversial welfare reform bill – which will see huge cuts to disability benefits, among other major changes – has cleared its final parliamentary obstacle and is now set to become law.
Following the failure of peers and MPs to reverse the most damaging aspects of the bill, disabled people’s organisations are now likely to [...]

Welfare reform activists join forces with health bill campaigners

Disabled people campaigning against the government’s welfare reforms have linked up with activists fighting its health and social care bill.
More than 100 activists from disabled people’s campaigning organisations such as Disabled People Against Cuts, Mad Pride and WinVisible met with groups such as Boycott Workfare, the Social Work Action Network and Taxpayers Against Poverty to [...]