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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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Welfare reforms protest blocks Oxford Circus – video
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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UK Uncut joins fight against welfare reform bill
Life after legal aid: the fightback begins | Lucy Scott-Moncrieff
Solicitors are not going to sit back when welfare benefits and legal aid are withdrawn. We intend to challenge injustice in the courts Theere is a link between the welfare reform bill and the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders (Laspo) bill, and it is not simply the inspiring challenges that the Lords have made to both.
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Life after legal aid: the fightback begins | Lucy Scott-Moncrieff
Disability living allowance: the benefit broken down by condition
Disability living allowance is under the microscope. Who gets it and why? • Get the data The government’s controversial welfare reform proposals came one step closer to reality this week after a blocking amendment tabled by Lady Grey-Thompson was defeated in the House of Lords
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Disability living allowance: the benefit broken down by condition
Welfare reform bill: what next for disability benefits? – live discussion
After Tuesday’s vote in the Lords, ministers are pushing ahead with DLA reform. But how will the new system work, and who will lose out? 11.09am: I’m told the comments tool on the site (not just the welfare reform bill live blog) is down
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Welfare reform bill: what next for disability benefits? – live discussion
Welfare reform bill delay blocked as coalition wins vote against amendment
House of Lords rejects Lady Grey-Thompson’s proposal for pilot scheme before disability allowance cuts are introduced The government fought off a fresh challenge to its controversial welfare reform bill on Tuesday night, when peers rejected a proposal to delay the full introduction of slashed new disability payments after ministers offered concessions. As the cabinet hardened its tactics by agreeing to overturn a series of defeats in the House of Lords last week, a cross-party group of peers failed to introduce a pilot scheme before a new regime for disability allowances can be fully introduced. Peers voted by 229 to 213, a government majority of 16, to reject an amendment tabled by Lady Grey-Thompson, one of Britain’s most successful disabled athletes, after the government warned her plan would cost £1.4bn.
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Welfare reform bill delay blocked as coalition wins vote against amendment
