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Disability campaigners stage central London protest against welfare reforms
Members of Disabled People Against Cuts and UK Uncut demonstrate against government cuts Disability campaigners have blocked one of central London’s busiest road junctions with a line of wheelchair users chained together in the first of a series of protests against government welfare cuts. The demonstration – which brought much of Oxford Circus to a standstill for more than two hours – was the result of an alliance between disabled groups and UK Uncut, which has staged similar protests against corporations accused of avoiding tax.
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Disability campaigners stage central London protest against welfare reforms
Global Game Jam tackles the issue of accessibility
Thousands of coders are taking part in a global game development challenge, and many are being encouraged to consider a specific audience: gamers with disabilities The annual Global Game Jam kicks off on Friday, with thousands of coders around the world gathering in hundreds of different venues to spend the weekend writing games.
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Global Game Jam tackles the issue of accessibility
‘Welfare reform has us terrified’ – families facing the worst speak out
As the Lords prepares for another debate, p eople facing impending disability cuts wonder how they will cope Some people’s lives are almost unimaginably hard, stricken by bad luck. The welfare state is there to mitigate misfortune, or it was
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‘Welfare reform has us terrified’ – families facing the worst speak out
The cuts in London : where will Lucy live?
Freelance writer Lucy Glennon, 26, has made one of the more impressive journeys from Rotherham in South Yorkshire to Kings Cross, Central London, where she settled in 2008 and has since lived what she calls the best years of her life. It’s been a life of achievement and independence, led since birth in the constant company of an incurable inherited genetic condition called epidermolysis bullosa – EB for short – whose most explicit symptom is pain all over the body – pain that rarely leaves the sufferer alone. The briefest bit of research reveals EB as a brute of a disorder , causing the skin to blister and break as a result of almost any kind of friction or bump.
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The cuts in London : where will Lucy live?
Welfare reform bill – live discussion
Debate intensifies as controversial welfare reform bill enters crucial period in passage through Westminster 12.00pm: Welcome to the Guardian’s live blog on the welfare reform bill. This proposed legislation, hailed by the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, as “the biggest welfare reform since 1945″ has entered a crucial period in its passage through Westminster. At issue is a series of often controversial proposals aimed at reducing public spending on a wide range of welfare benefits, from disability living allowance to housing benefit.
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Welfare reform bill – live discussion
Boris Johnson attacks planned cuts to disability payments
Mayor of London says Disability Living Allowance proposals could push disadvantaged group into deeper poverty The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has placed himself at loggerheads with the government over benefit changes after he formally objected to controversial cuts to disability payments. Johnson’s response to a consultation on changes to the Disability Living Allowance is critical of planned changes that will see hundreds of thousands of disabled people potentially lose benefits of up to £70 a week for care and mobility expenses. Johnson is concerned that the changes could lead to financial hardship and social isolation, and push an already disadvantaged group into deeper poverty.
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Boris Johnson attacks planned cuts to disability payments
