Monday 17 December 2012

Welfare was a hot topic

Some 107 people took part in a question time event at Devizes Town Hall hosted by Carer Support Wiltshire to mark National Carers Rights Day.

Devizes MP Claire Perry, Citizens Advice Bureau chief executive Sarah Cardy and solicitor Simon Lofthouse, from Awdry, Bailey and Douglas, were among Friday’s panel answering concerns over welfare reforms due to begin next April.

Questions ranged from the effects on households under-occupying their properties – the so-called ‘bedroom tax’ – to whether ATOS, the French company responsible for work capability assessments, should be penalised for the inaccurate tests.

Taken from This is Wiltshire

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