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McVey invites ridicule as she dismisses her own PIP figures

30/01/2013 – 2:36 pm

A minister has refused to admit that her government has tightened eligibility for support for people with the highest mobility needs, even though her own department’s figures prove that it has.
Esther McVey, the Conservative minister for disabled people, was giving evidence to the Commons work and pensions committee for the first time since her ministerial [...]

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DLA reform: Disabled peers secure concessions from government

27/01/2012 – 9:00 am

Disabled peers have secured a string of key concessions from the government on its controversial disability living allowance reforms (DLA).
Members of the House of Lords this week debated amendments to the welfare reform bill on government plans to abolish DLA for working-age adults and replace it with a new personal independence payment (PIP).
Although the PIP [...]

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