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Philip Connelly, policy manager at Disability Rights UK
Yes Disability campaigners have criticised the Government’s announcement that over a million disabled are actually fit to work, claiming it is causing the public to see people with disabilities as ‘workshy scroungers’. Philip Connelly policy manager at...

Mike Penning, Minister of State for Disabled People
No It is better to see if people with disabilities can work with support and give them more independence, rather than writing them off as on long-term sickness benefits, according to the Government. The Government has announced over one million disabled...