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Labour conference: Labour ‘will not match Liberal Democrats on welfare reform’

10/10/2011 – 9:00 am

A shadow minister has pledged that her party will continue to push for changes to the coalition’s welfare reform bill, but has suggested that Labour will still back key parts of the government agenda.
Margaret Curran, Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people, said it was vital to “get people back to work, because we have got [...]

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MPs attack ‘cruel’ and ‘crude’ DLA plans

12/12/2010 – 10:48 am

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 [...]

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