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Disability Activists Storm Parliament
Commons cops try to block disabled people’s rally in Parliament against heartless Tories’ killer cuts
by Felicity Collier & Tom Lansdell
DISABLED people faced off with armed police at Parliament yesterday as they were told their T-shirts exposing the savage nature of Tory cuts were off-limits.
The campaigners were there to lobby MPs over the horrendous toll the Conservatives’ austerity and blitz on essential benefits had had on disabled people.
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