Submission Documents: Welfare Reforms "Council notes with concern the plans for a further attack on the most vulnerable within society by the UK Government with the announcement in the Autumn Statement on 5 December 2012 that a further c.£4bn is to be cut from the welfare budget at a time when income tax rates for the rich are being reduced. Council also deplores the changes to the benefits and treatment of disabled people implemented in December 2012 and calls on the UK Government to secure termination of the contract with ATOS, the French company set targets for the removal of benefits to disabled people at present by the Tory/Liberal Coalition Government in London. Council also calls for information about all benefit changes to be added to the report to be submitted following the 26 September 2012 meeting". Meeting requisitioned by Councillors Alexander, Bird, Chalmers, Coleman, Hughes, McCabe, McNally, Meiklejohn and Turner. Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission Welfare Reforms "Council notes with concern the plans for a further attack on the most vulnerable within society by the UK Government with the announcement in the Autumn Statement on 5 December 2012 that a further c.£4bn is to be cut from the welfare budget at a time when income tax rates for the rich are being reduced. Council also deplores the changes to the benefits and treatment of disabled people implemented in December 2012 and calls on the UK Government to secure termination of the contract with ATOS, the French company set targets for the removal of benefits to disabled people at present by the Tory/Liberal Coalition Government in London. Council also calls for information about all benefit changes to be added to the report to be submitted following the 26 September 2012 meeting". Meeting requisitioned by Councillors Alexander, Bird, Chalmers, Coleman, Hughes, McCabe, McNally, Meiklejohn and Turner..

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Item Minute - 07 January 2013 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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