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Where's the Benefit?: Four things from the Conservative Party Conference #cpc14
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Campaigning against the government's distressing war on disabled benefit claimants. All posts represent the opinions of their respective authors and not WtB as a whole. Wednesday, 1 October 2014. Four things from the Conservative Party Conference #cpc14. 1) Housing Benefit for 18-21 year olds. In general students are ineligible for housing benefit, but many disabled students are. Cuts to Disabled Students' Allowance. Were announced earlier in the year, though they've recently been postponed. In his speec...
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Where's the Benefit?: So It Turns Out We Can’t Trust Labour on the ILF
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Campaigning against the government's distressing war on disabled benefit claimants. All posts represent the opinions of their respective authors and not WtB as a whole. Friday, 6 February 2015. So It Turns Out We Can’t Trust Labour on the ILF. Sadly I had to tell him that this wasn’t the case, that the Disability News Service and others had been chasing party central for a clarification, and were instead meeting evasion - Miliband causes chaos with answer on ILF closure. And if we can’t trust Labou...
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Where's the Benefit?: Benefit Cuts for People with Depression Who Refuse Treatment Are Barbaric and Misunderstand the Problem
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Campaigning against the government's distressing war on disabled benefit claimants. All posts represent the opinions of their respective authors and not WtB as a whole. Tuesday, 20 January 2015. Benefit Cuts for People with Depression Who Refuse Treatment Are Barbaric and Misunderstand the Problem. According to the Express. The DWP is planning to cut benefits for people with depression or anxiety who refuse treatment. This is a seriously misguided policy, for several reasons:. Treatment is usually a comb...
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Where's the Benefit?: May 2015
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Campaigning against the government's distressing war on disabled benefit claimants. All posts represent the opinions of their respective authors and not WtB as a whole. Friday, 1 May 2015. A life on benefits is frankly no life at all" - Why David Cameron is wrong. Starting a life on benefits is, frankly, no life at all.". David Cameron, BBC Question Time 30/04/2015. Helping people into work is the most moral thing". David Cameron, BBC Question Time 30/04/2015. First posted on A Latent Existence. In fact ...
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Where's the Benefit?: February 2015
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Campaigning against the government's distressing war on disabled benefit claimants. All posts represent the opinions of their respective authors and not WtB as a whole. Friday, 6 February 2015. So It Turns Out We Can’t Trust Labour on the ILF. Sadly I had to tell him that this wasn’t the case, that the Disability News Service and others had been chasing party central for a clarification, and were instead meeting evasion - Miliband causes chaos with answer on ILF closure. And if we can’t trust Labou...
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Where's the Benefit?: Tory Cuts: As Bad as we Feared
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Campaigning against the government's distressing war on disabled benefit claimants. All posts represent the opinions of their respective authors and not WtB as a whole. Friday, 27 March 2015. Tory Cuts: As Bad as we Feared. And they are everything we feared. The proposed cuts (with 'savings' per annum where known) are:. Industrial Injuries Compensation Scheme. To be restricted to people eligible for Universal Credit. 40% of carers to lose eligibility at a stroke. £1Bn. To be means-tested, meaning 300,000...
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Where's the Benefit?: January 2015
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Campaigning against the government's distressing war on disabled benefit claimants. All posts represent the opinions of their respective authors and not WtB as a whole. Tuesday, 20 January 2015. Benefit Cuts for People with Depression Who Refuse Treatment Are Barbaric and Misunderstand the Problem. According to the Express. The DWP is planning to cut benefits for people with depression or anxiety who refuse treatment. This is a seriously misguided policy, for several reasons:. Treatment is usually a comb...
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Where's the Benefit?: March 2015
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Campaigning against the government's distressing war on disabled benefit claimants. All posts represent the opinions of their respective authors and not WtB as a whole. Saturday, 28 March 2015. Election 2015 - Quick, Get the Crips Out of the Attic. In a perfect example of disabled people being thought of as solely useful as a PR gimmick, Esther 'they get better'. Who campaigned for our voices to be heard at the Tory party conference. And it occurs to me that given the Tory gagging of charities under the ...
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Where's the Benefit?: September 2014
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Campaigning against the government's distressing war on disabled benefit claimants. All posts represent the opinions of their respective authors and not WtB as a whole. Tuesday, 16 September 2014. Cuts to Disabled Students' Allowance Postponed. As David reported in April. Disabled Students' Allowance was recently targeted for some major cuts. There have been many of us very worried about this. But as the TES reports this week. But there has been no u-turn here, despite what the NUS is claiming. All that ...
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