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incapacity benefit

Good Society

New DWP statistics: more than 80 people are dying each month shortly after being declared ‘fit for work’

Iain Duncan Smith has serious questions to answer

Ruby Stockham · 11 years ago

Green Politics

Cameron needs to check his figures on those ‘successful welfare reductions’

Ruby Stockham · 11 years ago

Green Politics

The Tories have overspent by £25 billion on social security

Left Foot Forward · 12 years ago

Frank Field

Media Integrity

Sinning with statistics: Frank Field on welfare and immigration

Declan Gaffney · 15 years ago

Media Integrity

Aggression is a fact of life for the disabled in London, as the tabloids continue to attack

Dominic Browne · 15 years ago

How to fake up a Daily Mail benefits story in five easy steps

Declan Gaffney presents Left Foot Forward's step-by-step guide of how to fake up a Daily Mail benefits story.

Declan Gaffney · 15 years ago

Today’s Express, Mail, Sun and Telegraph all wrong on Incapacity Benefit

Today's Daily Express, Daily Mail, Sun and Telegraph all published misleading facts about Incapacity Benefit today, reports Declan Gaffney.

Declan Gaffney · 15 years ago

Shameful incapacity benefit consensus between main parties must stop

Hundreds of thousands of people who are too ill or disabled to work have often been unfairly, and often mistakenly, deprived of incapacity benefit.

Guest · 15 years ago

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