Campaign pushes to change law that could lead to survivors living in UK being disqualified from means-tested benefitsSurvivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes are being “re-traumatised” by the prospect of losing benefits in the UK if they accept compensation from the Irish state, Westminster has been told.The warning comes amid a campaign backed by representatives of almost every political party in the UK and figures including Steve Coogan, who starred in Philomena, a film about the mother and baby homes scandal. Continue reading...
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