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Government ‘caused misleading stories’ with DLA information

19/02/2011 – 10:50 am

The government has been accused of causing disabled people “significant alarm” after releasing information about disability living allowance (DLA) that led to “misleading” media coverage.
The complaint came in a letter from the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) – a coalition of disability and welfare advice organisations – to Maria Miller, minister for disabled people.
Members are particularly [...]

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Mail welfare story sparks complaints to press watchdog

12/02/2011 – 11:10 am

Disabled campaigners have complained to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) after a national newspaper accused hundreds of thousands of disabled people of “trying it on” in a bid to secure out-of-work disability benefits.
The story in the Daily Mail was based on a government press release that aimed to justify its welfare reforms by pointing to [...]

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