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Jobcentre ‘harassed’ woman as she received emergency blood transfusion

22/02/2013 – 3:00 pm

A disabled woman awaiting a second kidney transplant was “harassed” by her local jobcentre during an emergency blood transfusion, because they wanted to know when she would be well enough to attend a back-to-work interview.
Annemarie Campbell says the jobcentre in central London knew she was in hospital, and that she was seriously ill, but still [...]

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Unum bragged about ‘driving government thinking’ on incapacity benefit reform

21/02/2013 – 10:00 am

An insurance company set to make huge financial gains from incapacity benefit (IB) reform bragged about “driving” the government towards those reforms, evidence obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) has revealed.
The US insurance giant Unum has repeatedly denied attempting to influence IB reform over the last two decades, despite mounting evidence that it has done [...]

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