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Campaigners celebrated a landmark win yesterday after Britain's human rights laws saved a Glasgow wheelchair user from the controversial bedroom tax.
The woman and her husband, who have asked not to be named, faced a 14 per cent cut to their housing benefit after Glasgow City Council told them they should share her specially adapted bedroom.
The woman, who has advanced multiple sclerosis, sleeps in a hospital-style bed with a tracking hoist and a "monkey pole" to assist her movement.
Maggie Bowden was a trailblazing campaigning lawyer at Birnberg and Thompsons, women’s organiser of the Communist Party, and general secretary of Liberation
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
Trump’s cruel Bill will deprive millions of essential medical support while escalating deportations and rewarding the super-rich, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER