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    Courtesy Independent............

    'Nasty' George Osborne

    DWP faces court challenge over benefit reforms

    Disabled people say the government's consultation over the new system was unlawful

    The controversial reforms to disability benefits will be challenged in court by a group of

    disabled people who say that the government's consultation over the new rules was

    unlawful. If successful, the campaign would deal a second major blow to Iain Duncan Smith's wide-ranging reforms.

    Three activists have asked for permission to bring a judicial review of the government's

    consultation over the introduction of the Personal Independence Payment, which is

    replacing the Disability Living Allowance. They claim that ministers made the regulations

    more stringent after the consultation process was finished.

    Their challenge was launched as Labour leader Ed Miliband attacked the government

    over its attempts to link the Philpott case and so-called "benefits culture" as "nasty,

    divisive" politics. Mr Miliband acknowledged Labour would need to tackle the issue

    but said the tragic deaths of six of Philpott's children should not be exploited.

    Mr Miliband said: "There are two different views you can take on this. Do you try and

    unite the country, and bring it together, or do you exploit tragedy, like the Philpott tragedy?

    "The right place for Mr Philpott is behind bars, but do you exploit the deaths of six children

    to try and make a political point about the welfare system, and at the same time say

    to people that this is somehow a common truth about people on benefits?"

    Rosa Curling, the lawyer representing the three disability activists applying to bring

    judicial review, said: "Removing this vital benefit to disabled people will have a

    devastating effect on many people's lives and their ability to access and be part of our communities."

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