Article by Johnny Void The DWP have brought in a member of the ‘Fit For Work Coalition’ and the neo-liberal think tank the World Economic Forum, to carry out a review of the brutal assessments for sickness and disability benefits. … Continue reading
Thousands of cancer patients will lose up to £191 a year because of the government’s plans to allow benefits to rise more slowly than living costs – despite ministerial assurances that this cut would not affect disabled people. Charities and … Continue reading
Public Accounts Committee publishes the Department for Work and Pensions: Contract management of medical services: Twenty-third Report of Session 2012-13. Report: Department for Work and Pensions: Contract management of medical services (HTML) Report: Department for Work and Pensions: Contract … Continue reading
Sam Poling investigates whether one of the Government’s most ambitious welfare reforms can solve the problem of disability unemployment. She reveals that some private companies are benefiting financially from the new reforms despite only being able to get a … Continue reading
An unemployed agoraphobic who receives benefits by attending Jobcentre meetings via videolink claims she is the victim of discrimination after being told she must start turning up in person. Jen Lant risks losing the £98 employment support allowance she gets … Continue reading
I contacted Gillian Guy CEO of CAB to see what they were doing about informing people about their rights to have their WCA Audio Recorded, her reply somewhat annoyed me but didn’t surprise, I had hoped the info I supplied her … Continue reading
George Osborne has been accused of betraying Britain’s most severely disabled people by slashing their benefits. In his Autumn statement, the chancellor promised a rise in a key benefit for people who disabilities mean they can barely move. But it … Continue reading
A high street charity has stopped providing mandatory work placements because of concerns that jobseekers are forced to work in its stores as a condition of their benefits. Age UK has become the third large charity in three weeks to … Continue reading
THE full, shocking truth about Tory fitness-to-work tests is exposed today by the Daily Record. We sat alongside a man who is registered blind, needs a white stick and went to a special school for the blind as he … Continue reading
“We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist”. So, famously, said President Barack Obama at his Inaugural Address. I would like to take this sentiment and apply it to a particular social issue happening in … Continue reading