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MPs attack ‘cruel’ and ‘crude’ DLA plans

MPs have attacked the government’s “crude, cruel” plans to remove a key disability benefit from most disabled people in residential homes.
The Labour MP Tom Clarke said the “outrageous” decision to stop council-funded residents claiming the mobility component of DLA – due to come into force in October 2012 – had caused “uproar” among disabled people [...]