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""Parliamentary launch of "Helter Skelter - families, disabled children and the benefit system".

picture of Anne McGuire MP and Lorna Reith at the Helter Skelter launch

Picture of Anne McGuire MP and Lorna Reith at the Helter Skelter launch

Anne McGuire MP, Minister for the Disabled attended the launch, held in the House of Commons on Wednesday 20 July 2005, for the research report "Helter Skelter - families, disabled children and the benefit system".

"Helter Skelter" was researched and written by Gabrielle Preston, when she was Policy and Information officer at Disability Alliance, and on secondment to the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE).

Using real life case studies of families the report examines the effect of losses or gains in benefits income on families Families were also asked about their attitudes to paid employment and to the Government’s welfare to work strategy. The research also looked at the difficulties families experience trying to use services that are often poorly linked.

You can download a summary of the report's findings or a full copy from the links below.

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