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The Guardian published an article this week about a co-written by Disability Rights UK, Citizen's Advice Bureau and the Children's Society. The research says that the slated benefit reforms will penalise thousands of disabled people.

Disability campaigners reached fever pitch earlier this year with protests and warnings, and gradually now we're seeing considered concern from diverse sources with long-established reputations.

Understandably the government are keen to get as many people into the workplace as possible and indeed most disabled people who are able enough, welcome this principle, they want to play a part in building the country, and earn more money for themselves in so doing. But a question mark still hangs over what all these changes will do, how severe the consequences might be ... or maybe even how genius Iain Duncan Smith is for finally breaking the so-called benefits trap that many accept is all too real.

A readers comment at the bottom of the Guardian article asks: Am I wrong in thinking that prison [might] offer a better alternative to disabled people than dying cold and hungry and unnoticed in their homes. All the services disabled people need are under one roof. There is also paid work for prisoners within the system."

On the aforementioned report, the newspaper quoted a DWP spokesman referring to the analysis as: "highly selective".

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