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East of England March and Rally against disability cuts

September 23, 2011   Carers, disability, Norfolk, ukcuts

The Hardest Hit Rally, Norwich
East of England
March and Rally,

Norwich, 22 October 2011

In May, 1000s of disabled people marched in London, to speak up about planned cuts to benefits and services.
The Government are deciding on more cuts this Autumn.

We are marching in Norwich, to tell the Coalition Government that cutting services will make life very difficult for disabled people and people with long term conditions. Disabled people and their families and carers will be the Hardest Hit by cuts to benefits and services.

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ESA benefit to be stopped as early as April 2012

September 21, 2011   benefits, Carers, Multiple Sclerosis, ukcuts

Government to impose time limit on Employment Support Allowance

Published date: 15 Sep 2011 at 2:39PM

 

ESA benefit to be stopped as early as April 2012

The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) plans to introduce a time limit of one year for all but the most seriously ill people claiming ESA. The decision is likely to affected thousands of people with MS.

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Disabled and carers plan to fight closure of Centre for Independent Living

September 16, 2011   Carers, disability, ukcuts
 SOS Westminster
 

Published: 16 September 2011
by JOSH LOEB

CARERS have been forced to set up a do-it-yourself-style day centre for some of Westminster’s most vulnerable people.
 
The Centre for Independent Living in Paddington, which offers activities for deaf and wheelchair-bound residents, will close at the end of this month as part of a shake-up of social care.People with disabilities who have been fighting the closure now plan to club together to stage regular art and cookery classes at another venue nearby.

Di Yeo, chair of campaign group SOS Westminster, called the impending closure “a great tragedy”.

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