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Wheelchair users block Oxford Circus to protest at disability cuts
‘We’re not scroungers and fakers’ say wheelchair protesters Disability activists blocked one of central London’s busiest road junctions on Saturday with a line of wheelchair users chained together in the first of a series of promised direct action protests against government welfare cuts. The demonstration, which brought much of Oxford Circus to a standstill for more than two hours, was the product of an alliance between disabled groups and UK Uncut, which came to prominence by staging similar direct actions against corporations accused of avoiding tax
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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
Welfare reforms protest blocks Oxford Circus – video
Disability activists and UK Uncut stop traffic for two hours, chaining themselves together across Regent Street in a demonstration against the welfare reform bill John Domokos
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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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Welfare reform: household benefit cap Q&A
Ministers say a £26,000 cap on the amount of benefits families can receive will cut the deficit and incentivise people to find work What is the household benefit cap? The government is proposing to introduce a £26,000 cap on the total amount of benefits that working-age people in the UK can receive (including job seeker’s allowance, housing benefit, child benefit and carer’s allowance), limiting it to £500 a week for families, or £350 for childless single adult households
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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
