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Why the UK's disability benefits system needs radical reform, not scapegoating

Last week’s Timms report shows how disability is still vilified. But some pragmatic fixes would help both claimants and the economy, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Frances Ryan2d ago6 min readenOpinion

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