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Miller defends firms queuing up to deliver PIP assessments

05/05/2012 – 9:00 am

The minister for disabled people has defended plans that will see huge private sector companies fighting over contracts to carry out the new medical assessments that will determine disabled people’s eligibility for vital benefits.
Maria Miller was speaking at a meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on disability (APPDG), just four days after the Department for [...]

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EHRC harassment inquiry: ‘Culture of disbelief’ is preventing justice

26/09/2011 – 9:00 am

Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are being subjected to disability-related harassment every year, but a “culture of disbelief” is preventing authorities from addressing the problem, according to a major new report.
The Hidden in Plain Sight report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which comes at the end of an 18-month inquiry which [...]

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