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Andrew Kaye

Andrew is the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s Policy Analysis Officer and author of “More than meets the eye”. He works on a range of policy issues of interest to blind and partially sighted people, including health, social care and welfare reform. Previously he was a Project Manager in the Communications Department at Age Concern England and prior to that, worked as a researcher for the think tank Demos.

Web: http://www.rnib.org.uk
  • Equality

    More than meets the eye to welfare cuts for blind people

    4th February 2011 — Filed under: Equality, Society & Welfare

    Andrew Kaye Andrew Kaye

    Forthcoming reforms in welfare provision pose a substantial threat to the incomes and independence of hundreds of thousands of people living with sight loss in the UK. That is the finding of the new report I have written on behalf of RNIB and six other sight loss charities. In “More than meets the eye: why the welfare cuts will hit blind and partially sighted people particularly hard” we argue that measures affecting entitlement to Disability Living Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance represent a major assault on working age people in particular.

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