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Benefits bill is miserable and mean-spirited, says disabled peer

19/02/2013 – 10:00 am

A disabled peer has attacked a “mean-spirited”, “miserable” and “dishonest” government bill that will see disabled people in 3.4 million households across Britain facing further cuts to their income.
Lord [Colin] Low told fellow peers that the welfare benefits up-rating bill would see “a real-terms cut in vital support for many disabled people”.
And he criticised the [...]

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Benefits cap will ‘inevitably’ become law

28/01/2013 – 8:00 am

A benefits bill that will see disabled people in 3.4 million households across Britain lose out looks certain to become law.
The welfare benefits up-rating bill was passed by MPs this week and will now be debated in the House of Lords.
It will see many benefits up-rated by only one per cent in 2014-15 and 2015-16, [...]

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