Disability campaigners have hit back at government plans that will see banks pay less than disabled people to cut the national deficit.
The complaints came as Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, revealed the full extent of the coalition's welfare reform agenda. As expected, the government is seeking to introduce a Universal Credit to provide a single benefit, penalties for those refusing to work, the abolition of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) which will be replaced with the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and a one year limit for those receiving contribution based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). The government said the policy has been underpinned with the aim to make work p...
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