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Houses of Parliament to be venue for Cornish dementia play
Grandma Remember Me.
Truro and Falmouth MP Sarah Newton is to host a Cornish theatre company’s
production in the Houses of Parliament.
Mrs Newton and the Alzheimer’s Society will welcome the Az2B Theatre Company to Westminster on December 9 for a performance of Grandma Remember Me.
'Bedroom Tax' Leaves Disabled Fearing Eviction
‘Bedroom Tax’ Leaves Disabled Fearing Eviction
11:00am 27th November 2013
Thousands of disabled people are cutting back on food and heating to pay for the so-called “bedroom tax”, according to a group of leading charities.
The chief executives of leading groups including Disability Rights UK, Scope, Carers UK, The Royal National Institute of Blind People and the Council For Disabled Children say the policy is having a “devastating impact” on people with disabilities.
More than 50 organisations have signed a letter to Iain Duncan Smith calling for immediate action to exempt disabled people from the Spare Room Subsidy.
They claim that it is harder for people in adapted housing to move and that “it is hitting disabled people who need an extra room for essential home adaptations or equipment which enable them to live independently”.
The letter to the Department of Work and Pensions states: “We have been deeply frustrated at reports that disabled people and their families are protected from this policy.
“The stark evidence since the policy was implemented in April clearly shows they are not.
