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Government silent over adviser’s Unum admission
03/02/2012
A disabled senior government adviser has admitted failing to tell civil servants about freelance work she carried out for an insurance giant that is s...
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Welfare reform bill: Movement set for court showdown with government
03/02/2012
The disability movement looks set for a legal showdown with the government, after the coalition prepared to force deeply unpopular measures within its...
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Welfare reform bill: Anger as coalition ‘treats parliament with contempt’
03/02/2012
The government has sparked fury among disabled people’s organisations and activists after taking advantage of a rarely-used parliamentary procedure ...
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Atos ‘failed to comply with government policy’
03/02/2012
The company paid £100 million a year to test disabled people’s “fitness for work” has refused to cooperate with an “effective” new way of i...
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MP calls for new laws to protect dignity in airport security checks
03/02/2012
An MP has called for new laws to protect the dignity of disabled people forced to undergo intrusive security checks at airports.
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