Change to disability benefits appeals process could leave people penniless
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A double whammy of a revised appeals process and the abolition of legal aid threatens to deny benefits to vulnerable claimants Continue reading
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Charities say millions without internet access will face benefits struggle
Online-only Universal Credit system will come into force later this year following the closure of many advice centres Continue reading
Stephen Duckworth: ‘The new disability benefit is enabling’
The new head of Capita’s personal independence payments says disabled people must be central to the process Continue reading
Today’s poor are depicted as a freak show, just as the Elephant Man was
The Conservatives are inviting people to see poverty as a kind of self-inflicted moral freak show, to be gawped at and despised Continue reading
Let elderly people ‘hurry up and die’, says Japanese minister
Taro Aso says he would refuse end-of-life care and would ‘feel bad’ knowing treatment was paid for by government Continue reading
Immigration is British society’s biggest problem, shows survey of public
Poll for thinktank reveals one in three believes immigration is the most important cause of division Continue reading
999 call takers offered rewards for sending fewer ambulances
London Ambulance Service insists that many patients with minor injuries or illnesses do not need to be sent ambulances Continue reading
Germany ‘exporting’ old and sick to foreign care homes
Pensioners are being sent to care homes in eastern Europe and Asia in an austerity move dismissed as ‘inhumane deportation’ Continue reading
Brighthouse and the heavy price of paying by the week
Those who can least afford it are being charged up to twice as much to buy goods from the growing number of rent-to-buy stores such as Brighthouse Continue reading
Parents who look after grown-up disabled offspring face benefit cap
Ministers confirm £500-a-week cap will apply to carers after children reach adulthood, forcing some into care Continue reading