Campaigners target Atos with coffin display as anger rages over disability benefits

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Disabilities minister Maria Miller has come under fire over welfare reforms after the private firm carrying out the Government’s work capability assessments, Atos, was targeted by protesters on the eve of the Paralympic Games. Miller was quizzed on the BBC’s Newsnight over the number of successful appeals to Employment Support Allowance (ESA) decisions and changes to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) which will see claimants reassessed for the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) f...

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