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Jonathan Williams (centre right) serving in Bosnia in 1994
THE Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will defend its controversial decision to strip benefits from a disabled war veteran at a tribunal tomorrow in Newport, south Wales.
The embarrassing courtroom showdown comes less than a week after Armed Forces Day, during which Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd called on people to support “the men and women who serve Britain with such distinction.”
The DWP is being taken to court by 56-year-old Royal Air Force veteran Jonathan Williams, who lost his £100-a-week employment and support allowance (ESA) just days before Christmas.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
A new report by Amnesty International pulls no punches in highlighting the Labour government’s human rights violations of those on benefits, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY
