Alberta’s move to shift disability recipients onto a lower-paying, employment-focused benefit assumes people can make up the difference through work, savings or family. Research suggests few can.
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Researchers learned from dozens of interviews that the usual ways of resolving complex cases, escalating issues and holding the authorities accountable no longer work.
The weakened prime minister urgently needs to get out and talk to his MPs before any more embarrassing arguments blow up.
The bill passed without its major changes to personal independence payments.
The government has been forced into another u-turn to see off a rebellion. But it really shouldn’t have come to this.
Ministers say it’s their ‘moral duty’ to encourage sick and disabled people to work. But is this ‘morality’ driven by genuine compassion or cost-cutting?
Many of the measures already implemented to reduce government spending have actually pushed people further away from the labour market.
Progressive welfare reform would tackle disablist policies, banning sanctions and raising benefits to reflect true costs of living.
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