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Disability Alliance Conference 2005

Incapacity benefit reform

Disability Alliance held its annual half-day conference at the NCVO on Tuesday October 25th 2005 between 2.00pm and 4.30pm. The subject of the conference was incapacity benefit reform, which with the Rt Hon Margaret Hodge as guest speaker, gave attendees a chance to get some idea of what might be outlined in the forthcoming Government Green Paper.

You can find out more about what our various speakers had to say by clicking on the speaker summaries links at the bottom of this page.

Special thanks to our guest speakers:

Lorna Reith, Chief Executive, Disability Alliance

Mandy incapacity benefit recipient

Mia Rosenblatt (National Autistic Society)

Kate Goddard - Skill

Rt Hon Margaret Hodge, Minister, Department for Work and Pensions

More information

• lorna reith speaks on incapacity benefit reform at nawra meeting - report on the event.
• incapacity benefit reform conference - speaker summaries
• incapacity benefit reform - background information
• incapacity benefits: the facts - disability benefits consortium briefing
• Response to the Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into the reform of incapacity benefits and Pathways to Work (R47)
  1. R47 - pdf version
  2. R47 - word version

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