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People’s Review of WCA finds its way to Fry’s five million followers

26/11/2012 – 2:15 pm

Disabled people are still experiencing humiliating and inappropriate treatment because of the failings embedded within the government’s “fitness for work” assessment system, according to a new report researched and written by a disabled campaigner.
The People’s Review of the Work Capability Assessment is the fifth major research report into the impact of government cuts on disabled [...]

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Labour conference: Miliband’s welfare reference ‘was clumsy not offensive’

29/10/2012 – 10:00 am

The Labour leader has again used his main conference speech – for the second year running – to suggest that many disabled benefits claimants were choosing a life on welfare rather than finding jobs.
Ed Miliband’s speech, in which he described his vision of a “One Nation Britain” in which “everyone has a stake” and “prosperity [...]

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