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Conservative conference: ‘More detail needed’ on benefit reform

18/10/2010 – 11:00 am

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conference in Birmingham this week that the new system would restore “fairness and simplicity” to a “complex, outdated and [...]

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Conservative conference: Concerns remain over benefits cap

17/10/2010 – 11:00 am

Disabled people claiming disability living allowance (DLA) will be exempt from a new limit on the amount of benefits any “workless” household can claim, the government has announced.
But those disabled people who claim employment and support allowance (ESA) – the replacement for incapacity benefit – and do not qualify for DLA will not be exempt [...]

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