Time to step forward on the Spartacus report
A new report on the proposed changes to disability living allowance (DLA) shows the extent of the government’s suppression of evidence around the issue. The Department for Work and Pensions held a...
View ArticleThe government’s replacement for DLA is not fit for purpose
Anjuli Veall is the social policy and campaigns manager at Parkinson’s UK Thursday 12 January’s vote against the welfare reform bill was a key victory for disabled people, including those with...
View ArticleThe DWP’s ‘scrounger’ rhetoric is causing real harm
Six leading disability charities have spoken out against the government’s ‘scrounger’ rhetoric on welfare cuts, saying it fuels abuse of disabled people. The Guardian reports: While the charities...
View ArticleThe three welfare amendments the Lords must fight for
The ‘ping-pong’ has started over the welfare (reform) bill, with the House of Lords debating amendments now. Six Lords amendments were rejected by the Commons, and the Lords now have to decide...
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Welsh education minister: ‘Callous, ignorant’ IDS should be sacked
. Welsh education minister, Leighton Andrews, has called on UK work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith to be sacked following a remarkable outburst by the failed former Tory leader over the...
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The nasty department: DWP threaten to take disabled children away from parents
. Iain Duncan Smith’s Department for Work and Pensions have plumbed new depths with reports today of threatening, menacing letters being sent out to disabled parents parents of disabled children,...
View ArticleESA SOS: Another day, another attack on disabled people
On January 28th, 2013 the UK government is due to make a set of changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). The WCA is the flawed ‘fitness to work’ test which assesses whether sick and disabled...
View ArticleWatch: “Lying, thieving, b******s”… Whistleblower reveals sick views of Work...
A whistleblower revealed the sickening attitude of some Work Programme contractors towards disabled people last night. Linda Smith, a former employee of Triage (which operates in Scotland and the north...
View ArticleIn the middle of a cost of living crisis, the government is stripping support...
Ben Cooper (@BenCooper1995) is a senior researcher at the Fabian Society We are all suffering with the cost of living crisis, but it is hitting disabled people especially hard. This is because many...
View ArticleTemporary accommodation is failing people with disabilities-here’s what needs...
Signe Gosmann is a researcher at Justlife “My legs went bad about 6 years ago. I’ve not been out of the house for 6 years, (…) I’ve been inside all the time.” Temporary Accommodation (TA) is temporary...
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