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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.
Welfare reform bill: child maintenance and social fund – live discussion
After last night’s defeat in the Lords on the benefit cap, the government faces fresh opposition over its plans for child maintenance, and the social fund 11.09am: Could the government be heading for a sixth defeat in the Lords over its welfare reform bill? The bill includes proposals to charge single parents to use the Child Support Agency (CSA) in order to access payments from their former partners – and this will be opposed by a group of Conservative peers, led by Lord Mackay of Clashfern , who was Mrs Thatcher’s Lord Chancellor in the late 1980′s.
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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
Disabled students
As debate continues over welfare reforms, charities are concerned that disabled students will lose out Alaina Sonn is style-savvy and has an eye for colour. Passionate about fashion, she hopes to study for a degree in design and textiles. “I want the chance to learn more,” she says
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Disabled students
Atos: not fit to work the ‘fit to work’ test
Chris and Fee lament Atos’s failures over the ‘fit to work’ tests
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Atos: not fit to work the ‘fit to work’ test
Disabled people in Bolivia on the march in quest for equality
A 120-strong group is making a 1,400km journey to La Paz to highlight calls for state support Lea este artículo en español A group of disabled people in Bolivia is walking 1,400km, from Trinidad to La Paz – a route taking in both tropical climates and snow-capped mountains – to demand state benefits and an end to discrimination. “We are asking for a law that gives us special recognition and a yearly allowance of 3,500 bolivianos [about £325],” says Carlos Mariaca, who is leading the caravan of 120 people – 75 of whom have disabilities, with the remainder being members of local NGOs and wheelchair monitors – to Bolivia’s main city. Mariaca, 42, a quadriplegic who can only move a few fingers and tilt his head, spoke to the Guardian as his group – which is expected to reach La
