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20:43 Dame Anne Begg: ATOS assessments put people on a treadmill they can't escape On air
On Air | Dame Anne Begg MP | Labour MP | BBC News
Dame Anne Begg said the system of assessing disability benefit claimants was like a “treadmill” people could not escape. “We’re still seeing about 40% of the decisions where people have been turned down for the benefit are going to appea... Continue to article
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08:25 Anne Begg: DWP's claim that 8,000 figure was a genuine mistake stretching credulity On air
On Air | Dame Anne Begg MP | Labour MP | Today, BBC Radio 4
Dame Anne Begg said the idea Iain Duncan Smith's claim that the Government's £26,000 benefit cap had resulted in 8,000 people moving into work had been "a genuine mistake" was "stretching credulity". “Well, the actual statistics that the... Continue to article
- = Key Development Thursday 25th April
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00:01 Work and Pensions Committee:MPs call for single regulator for workplace pensions Press Release
00:01| Press ReleaseWork and Pensions committee press release The introduction of auto-enrolment makes rigorous pension scheme governance essential, argues the Work and Pensions Committee in a Report published today. The Report calls on the Government to... Continue to article
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00:01 Work and Pensions Committee:MPs call for single regulator for workplace pensions Press Release
00:01| Press ReleaseWork and Pensions committee press release The introduction of auto-enrolment makes rigorous pension scheme governance essential, argues the Work and Pensions Committee in a Report published today. The Report calls on the Government to... Continue to article
- = Key Development Monday 22nd April
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14:39 Begg questions Grey-Thompson snub PoliticsHome News
Begg questions Grey-Thompson snub
Dame Anne Begg has questioned the decision to overlook Baroness Grey-Thompson for the top job at Sport England. The former Paralympian had been tipped for the post, but Sports Minister Hugh Robertson decided to appoint chief executive o... Continue to article
- = Key Development Thursday 4th April
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19:48 Anne Begg: Philpott is an exceptional case On air
On Air | Dame Anne Begg MP | Labour MP | BBC News
Dame Anne Begg said the Philpott case was an "exceptional case" which should not be used to make political points. "This is an exceptional case. This is a very evil man who has done a very evil deed, who had a lifestyle that most of... Continue to article
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13:13 Large families disadvantage all children within them - Davis PoliticsHome News
Large families disadvantage all children within them - Davis
Large families disadvantage all the children within them, argued David Davis on the World at One. The Conservative MP said society needed to provide child benefit in order "to prevent children suffering badly", but "you don’t want to ma... Continue to article
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09:53 Dame Anne Begg: Govt needs to give people warning on pensions changes On air
On Air | Dame Anne Begg MP | Labour MP | BBC News
Dame Anne Begg said the Government needed to give people more warning about the changes to pension policy. “It’s to give people warning so that they are not taking decisions today that might lead to their detriment because the actual leg... Continue to article
- = Key Development Tuesday 2nd April
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15:13 Dame Anne Begg: Government welfare reforms will not solve anything On air
On Air | Dame Anne Begg MP | Labour MP | BBC News
Dame Anne Begg said that the Government’s welfare reforms would not solve problems with the system. “No I don’t think the welfare system is broken, but it could do with some reform, but I’m not sure that the reforms that the Government a... Continue to article
- = Key Development Friday 29th March
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08:20 Dame Anne Begg: One wonders if Universal Credit has design flaws On air
On Air | Dame Anne Begg MP | Labour MP | Today, BBC Radio 4
Dame Anne Begg said delays to Universal Credit pilots could suggest "serious" problems with the scheme. "It’s gradually being slowed down, to the implementations been slowed down in the last year or so. In one way I’m pleased about that ... Continue to article
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22:19 Story (26 links): Davies censured for disabled work comments
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Philip Davies has seen his Party leadership distance themselves from him following his suggestions that disabled people should offer to work for less than the minimum wage. His comments provoked fury from charities and Labour MPs. A CCHQ spokesman said: “These comments do not reflect the views of the Conservative party and do not reflect Government policy”.
During the second reading debate of the Employment Opportunities Bill, Mr Davies said: “If an employer is looking at two candidates, one who has got disabilities and one who hasn't, and they have got to pay them both the same rate, I invite you to guess which one the employer is more likely to take on."
Stephen Lloyd, a Liberal Democrat MP who is himself deaf, said: "I think this is an appalling idea and shows a complete lack of understanding of both disability and of the workplace. We will never deal with disability discrimination by entrenching it even more in the eyes of employers as cheap labour. I have a better idea, perhaps we should dock the wages of MP's who make particularly fatuous remarks around disability, starting with Philip Davies!"
Speaking later on BBC Radio 4, Mr Davies denied that he was saying people should be paid less, insisting "[disabled] people should be given the opportunity to prove themselves...before moving higher up the payscale".
Dame Anne Begg, Chair of the Work & Pensions Committee and Labour MP for Aberdeen South, expressed her disgust at Mr Davies’ remarks.
"These comments are utterly outrageous and unacceptable. To suggest that disabled people should be treated as second class citizens is shocking and shows just what a warped world some Tories demonstrate they inhabit."
Sophie Corlett, a Spokeswoman for the mental health charity MIND, said: "It is a preposterous suggestion that someone who has a mental health problem should be prepared to accept less than minimum wage to get their foot in the door with an employer.
"People with mental health problems should not be considered a source of cheap labour and should be paid appropriately for the jobs they do." -
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17/06/2011 in Employment
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Davies censured for disabled work comments
Philip Davies has seen his Party leadership distance themselves from him following his suggestions that disabled people should offer to work for less than the minimum wage. His comments provoked fury from charities and Labour MPs. A CCHQ spokesman said: “These comments do not reflect the views of the Conservative party and do not reflect Government policy”.
During the second reading debate of the Employment Opportunities Bill, Mr Davies said: “If an employer is looking at two candidates, one who has got disabilities and one who hasn't, and they have got to pay them both the same rate, I invite you to guess which one the employer is more likely to take on."
Stephen Lloyd, a Liberal Democrat MP who is himself deaf, said: "I think this is an appalling idea and shows a complete lack of understanding of both disability and of the workplace. We will never deal with disability discrimination by entrenching it even more in the eyes of employers as cheap labour. I have a better idea, perhaps we should dock the wages of MP's who make particularly fatuous remarks around disability, starting with Philip Davies!"
Speaking later on BBC Radio 4, Mr Davies denied that he was saying people should be paid less, insisting "[disabled] people should be given the opportunity to prove themselves...before moving higher up the payscale".
Dame Anne Begg, Chair of the Work & Pensions Committee and Labour MP for Aberdeen South, expressed her disgust at Mr Davies’ remarks.
"These comments are utterly outrageous and unacceptable. To suggest that disabled people should be treated as second class citizens is shocking and shows just what a warped world some Tories demonstrate they inhabit."
Sophie Corlett, a Spokeswoman for the mental health charity MIND, said: "It is a preposterous suggestion that someone who has a mental health problem should be prepared to accept less than minimum wage to get their foot in the door with an employer.
"People with mental health problems should not be considered a source of cheap labour and should be paid appropriately for the jobs they do."
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