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The welfare reform bill will incentivise people: to turn on David Cameron | Polly Toynbee
David Cameron’s cuts have barely got going yet. That’s the frightening truth about austerity While Tory and Lib Dem MPs were contemptuously rejecting all seven Lords amendments to the welfare reform bill on Wednesday, I was at a credit union in London’s East End, listening to low earners and unemployed people struggling to save small sums to avoid loan sharks. Admirable, but little protection from a tidal wave of cuts heading their way
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The welfare reform bill will incentivise people: to turn on David Cameron | Polly Toynbee
Letters: The benefits of a civilised society
Today the welfare reform bill is expected to return to the Commons ( Report , 30 January). Under government plans, 670,000 households – two-thirds containing a disabled family member – would lose an average of £670 a year because they are deemed to have one or more additional bedrooms. Separated parents or grandparents who use their extra bedroom to share the care of their children or grandchildren; families in which two same-sex teenage children have their own bedroom for privacy and study; foster parents with rooms occupied by foster children – many, despite having nowhere else to move to, will see their incomes cut if the bill passes unamended.
If Lib Dems can’t influence this welfare bill, why are we in coalition? | George Potter
MPs must listen to Lib Dem members before they vote on the Lords amendments to the bill: the soul of the party is at stake “To build and safeguard a fair, free and open society where no one is enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.” Those are the words that appear on the membership card of every single member of the Liberal Democrats, spelling out the fundamental values we believe in. As a Lib Dem, I appeal to our MPs to remember those values this Wednesday when they vote on the Lords’ amendments to the welfare reform bill . If they do not then I fear that the soul of our party could be heading to a very dark place.
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UK Uncut joins fight against welfare reform bill
Tax avoidance group forges alliance with disability campaigners in marked strategic shift to stage day of mass civil disobedience The direct action group UK Uncut has joined disability activists to plan civil disobedience against the welfare reform bill in London this weekend, which they say will bring chaos to the centre of the capital. Saturday’s action, billed as “hugely daring and disruptive” , is a shift for UK Uncut from previous action against alleged corporate tax avoiders, such as occupying stores run by Vodafone and the Arcadia retail group. It is forming alliances with campaigners against specific spending cuts it views as being, in part, the direct consequence of reduced tax receipts
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Benefit cap impact assessment: get the key data
The DWP has published its impact assessment of the effects of the benefit changes today. What does the data say? • Get the data Government proposals to cut benefits are wending their controversial way through parliament, but what is the data behind this story?
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Benefit cap impact assessment: get the key data
Audi apologies after turning away disabled driver
Audi mistakenly claimed its new sales order system meant it could no longer take sales orders from disabled customers I’m a paraplegic and, when buying a new car, am entitled to have the vehicle VAT exempt because it has to be adapted for me to drive. We live in a rural location with a young family and no public transport, and are totally dependent on a car. I currently have an Audi on a three-year contract with Audi Finance
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Audi apologies after turning away disabled driver
