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Government’s ‘secret plan to strip claimants of DLA’

22/03/2013 – 3:00 pm

The government appears to have a secret plan to reassess disability living allowance (DLA) claimants who have “indefinite” awards, in a bid to sidestep delays to implementation of its benefit reforms.
Three disabled people, who all work or volunteer as welfare advisers in different parts of the country, have described to Disability News Service (DNS) what [...]

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Christiansen adds her voice to DLA transport fears

18/03/2013 – 3:00 pm

One of the stars of London 2012 has told MPs that government cuts to disability living allowance (DLA) risk making it even harder for disabled people to find work, because of the inaccessibility of public transport.
Sophie Christiansen, who won three equestrian gold medals at last summer’s Paralympics, told members of the transport select committee that [...]

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