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WCA tests “significantly” biased against poorer disabled people
Disability Rights UK blog post, 10 August 2016: WCA tests “significantly” biased against poorer disabled people ESA work capability assessment (WCA) tests are “significantly biased” against claimants in poor areas of the country, according to new research. The Guardian today … Continue reading
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Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are living in destitution
Disability news service article, by John Pring, 28 April 2016: Hundreds of thousands of disabled people in ‘destitution’, research suggests Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are living in destitution, the first piece of research to look at extreme poverty … Continue reading
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Benefit delays leave families hungry
Wales online article: Benefit errors and delays are ‘making families go hungry and putting their homes at risk’ 21 DEC 2015, BY David Deans The cross-party Work and Pensions Select Committee found that mistakes could leave “vulnerable people in desperate … Continue reading
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Disabled People’s manifesto for 2016 elections
Disability Wales Announce Disabled People’s Manifesto #itsmyright Disability Wales on 17th September 2015 presented its Manifesto in the Seneddd calling for an Enabling Wales where disabled people, as citizens of a modern inclusive nation, truly experience their rights, equality and independence, … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, disability hate crime, Disability Wales, Disabled people's manifesto, elections, Independent Living Wales bill, politics, Poverty, Welfare reform
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Disability poverty rises
Disability poverty rose sharply in fourth year of coalition, by John Pring on July 3, 2015 in on Disability News Service The proportion of disabled people living in poverty rose sharply in the fourth year of the coalition government, according … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Benefits, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, Employment and Support Allowance, Equality and Human Rights Commission, ESA, Family Resources Survey, Poverty, Welfare reform, WOW campaign
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