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IDS drops housing benefit appeal but claims: ‘This is no climb-down’

21/03/2013 – 3:00 pm

The government has withdrawn an appeal to the Supreme Court that – if successful – would have meant that families could no longer claim enough housing benefit to pay for separate bedrooms for disabled children with high support needs.
The decision by the Conservative work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith followed a week in which [...]

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ILF judicial review: DWP ‘misled public’ over local government support

20/03/2013 – 10:00 am

ILF judicial review: DWP ‘misled public’ over local government support
Research by disabled activists suggests that the government misled MPs and the public about the level of support among local authorities for the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF).
The results of the research by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) have played a central role [...]

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