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CROSS-PARTY COMMISSION URGES UK GOVERNMENT TO SCRAP TWO-CHILD BENEFIT LIMIT

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✍️ A cross-party commission urges the UK government to scrap the two-child benefit limit to lift millions out of poverty, proposing a £12.5bn annual investment in a revamped social security safety net.

👉 Abolish the two-child benefit limit to lift 4.2 million people out of poverty 👉 Invest £12.5bn annually in a revamped social security safety net 👉 Guarantee protection from deep poverty to citizens on benefits who meet agreed expectations 👉 Increase the rate of universal credit 👉 Invest in housing and childcare

-- #SirStephenTimms #MiattaFahnbulleh #GraemeCooke #LordTimpson #PhilippaStroud #StephenCrabb #DavidLaws #HelenBarnard #politics

'PIP TICK-BOX SYSTEM IS NOT TARGETING THE RIGHT PEOPLE'

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✍️ A man living with kidney failure was rejected for personal independence payments (Pip) twice, despite being on dialysis and having had three heart attacks.

👉 Tony Henderson, 55, has been living with kidney failure for over 20 years 👉 He has had to undergo dialysis for four hours a day, six days a week 👉 He was rejected for Pip twice, citing a 'tick-box system' that is not targeting the right people 👉 Henderson's wife, Sarah, is frustrated with the system and feels that there is not enough awareness of kidney failure 👉 The couple is appealing the decision and hopes to be involved in the review of Pip assessments

-- #TonyHenderson #SarahHenderson #SirStephenTimms #FionaLoud #Bacton #Norfolk #Hertfordshire #health

DISABILITY MINISTERS WILL ‘CHAMPION’ INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY, SAYS TIMMS

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✍️ The UK government has announced a new move to improve the lives of disabled people.

-- #SirStephenTimms #politics