Tag Archives: Anne Kane

Report makes ‘compelling case’ for government rethink on cuts

The poverty and inequality faced by disabled people will be deepened even further if the government fails to rethink its planned regime of spending cuts, according to a new report.
The report, published by Inclusion London, provides detailed evidence of the impact of the cuts on disabled people and makes “a compelling case” for the coalition [...]

Conservative conference: ‘More detail needed’ on benefit reform

Campaigners have tentatively welcomed plans for sweeping reforms to the benefits system, but say they want to see more detail on its “humanity” before they “sign up”.
Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith told the Conservative conference in Birmingham this week that the new system would restore “fairness and simplicity” to a “complex, outdated and [...]