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Disabled journalist begs Miliband: save the Independent Living Fund
A “LIFELONG” Labour supporter with severe disabilities issued an emotional plea yesterday for party leader Ed Miliband to save the Independent Living Fund (ILF).
Journalist Steve O’Hear, who voted for Mr Miliband in Labour’s leadership contest, said that losing the benefit would turn his world upside down.
“This would mean I’m no longer able to live an independent life (and in my own home)?—?as I have done for the last 22 years?—?which in turn would mean losing my job,” he explained.
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