We played a big part in getting mobility allowance for deaf-blind people.

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Lawson had claimed higher rate mobility allowance, intended for those who cannot walk, and lower rate care allowance, meant for those who need help in the home.

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We Are Spartacus, an online campaign group about disabled people's views on the welfare system, analysed figures from the Department for Work and Pensions and Motability, the organisation that supplies lease cars and specialist converted vehicles to disabled people claiming the highest mobility rate of Disability Living Allowance.

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But the University and College Union, which represents lecturers and other staff, said raising tuition fees and scrapping the Education Maintenance Allowance would counteract any attempt to improve social mobility.

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