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Dear friends

Help us to defeat the Welfare Reform Bill in its last stages this week. The MPs will vote on Lords’ amendments on Wednesday 1 February.

The movement against the Bill is full of purpose and creativity. The disability/UK Uncut blockade at Oxford Circus on Saturday was fantastic: see video...
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Anti Welfare Reform Bill Demo - Videos & Photos

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Watch video of demo here

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Video: Welfare Reform Bill Protest

watch the video HERE
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Letters to the House of Lords from mothers and other carers on the effects of welfare reform

Dear Members of the Lords,

A mother in Tameside, Greater Manchester, whose son, diagnosed with schizophrenia, tragically died of a methadone overdose in February 2011, has asked us to forward her statement to you.

Her son was pushed over the edge by a combination of circumstances, including receiving a letter calling him in for a benefits reassessment. A number of people have...
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VIDEO: Vigil and Lobby against Welfare Reform Bill: 'They are picking on those easiest to vilify'

"As the House of Lords debates amendments to the welfare reform bill, protesters from a range of welfare activist groups such as Single Mothers' Self Defence, Mad Pride and Right to Work gathered outside to lobby members. They were joined by Labour MP John McDonnell, who called for 'much more severe and serious opposition' from the Labour party, in the hope that parts of the bill could be...
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