BREAKING: Starmer facing a formal rebellion over proposed DWP cuts
Keir Starmer is headed for a major rebellion from his own MPs, as shown in a letter signed by more ...
Tag: chronic illness
DWP minister Stephen Timms under pressure as petition calls for him to be sacked
The organiser of a petition to oust Labour MP Stephen Timms as the minister for disabled people has spoken out ...
After decades, everything is #StillTheSaME on this year’s ME Awareness Day
Monday 12 May is ME Awareness Day - for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). Historically, it has been marked with patients sharing ...
DWP data breach exposed as it leaks disabled people’s personal email addresses
New data disclosed by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has shown that there were hundreds of data security ...
The DWP has tried to hide major changes to a grant scheme for disabled people
This article was updated at 9.16pm Tuesday 6 May. It originally stated that the DWP had sent the information on ...
Parliament is set to have a debate over Labour’s cruel DWP PIP cuts
A parliamentary debate is set to take place over the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) controversial cuts to Personal ...
The DWP response to a viral petition is absolutely disgraceful
A petition over Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit cuts for chronically ill and disabled people which began to ...
DWP PIP is not an out-of-work benefit – but by repeatedly saying it we’re actually making things worse
As the fight against the government's proposed Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) disability benefits cuts rages on, something is ...
DWP dragged to Supreme Court over refusing payments to a grieving husband
After a heart-wrenching five-year struggle, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is once again facing the Supreme Court over ...
Amnesty just slammed the DWP as ‘consciously cruel’ in scathing new report
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing severe criticism after a new report by Amnesty International labelled it ...
The shocking extent of where DWP cuts will hit hardest has been revealed
New analysis reveals that Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) planned cuts to disability benefits will hit some of the poorest ...
The UN just slammed Canada’s assisted suicide laws – yet Labour wants the UK to be next?
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) has raised significant concerns regarding Canada's assisted dying/suicide laws, ...
I’ve already been too sick to work for half of this year – and Liz Kendall wants to cut my DWP PIP?
Regardless of the activism disabled and chronically ill people have been doing now for over ten years, including warning the ...
The largest exhibition of art by disabled people this century is about to go on a virtual tour
Disabled-led arts organisation Disability Arts Online (DAO) has announced the launch of dis_place, an innovative new digital gallery space dedicated ...
The long-awaited ME Delivery Plan is unlikely to be worth the wait
The long-awaited and much-government-touted ME Delivery Plan is shaping up to be, predictably, largely a whitewash. As ministers slowly drip ...
The DWP is facing a ‘Disability Rebellion’ – and it’s starting online
A vibrant new, inclusive online community has sprung up to fight back against the Labour Party government's brutal Department for ...
‘How dare you’: an open letter over callous DWP PIP cuts to Stephen Timms
The following is an open letter to Minister of State for Social Security and Disability Stephen Timms from reader Shane ...
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