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January 18, 2019

PIP has cost up to £2 billion more than keeping DLA

The introduction of PIP has cost £4 billion more than estimated whilst failing disabled people, says Disability Rights UK.
January 9, 2019

Select Committees to question Motability heads on pay and governance

The National Audit Office highlighted "extraordinarily high levels of reserves and executive pay" at Motability Operations.
October 12, 2017

Commons debate on disability rights will highlight injustice

Edinburgh North and Leith MP Deidre Brock has secured an adjournment debate on disability rights at Westminster on Thursday 12 October, following condemnation of UK government policies by the UN.
October 25, 2016

Toby Young and I, Daniel Blake

Earlier this year Toby Young, the Conservative columnist who set up a Free School, very gracefully
December 17, 2015

Managing expectations of the welfare state

It was very heartening to see Conservative MP Jeremy Lefroy speaking out against the proposed cut to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
September 30, 2014

The Chancellor's hidden blow to disabled people.

The Chancellor’s Conference speech contained a statement about disabled people and benefits which was misleading, but went largely unchallenged by the mainstream media. Mr Osborne promised a two year freeze on working age benefits if the Conservatives are re-elected but made a point of saying, "disability benefits will be excluded". Is that true?

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Call to halt UK police training programmes for repressive states

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