Where has the £150 cost of living payment for disabled people gone?
As the date for the final cost of living payment approaches, the government is still ignoring millions of chronically ill ...
Tag: chronic illness
After the Post Office scandal, it’s time ITV exposed the ‘post-viral scandal’ of ME and Long Covid
The ITV1 drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office has caused a flurry of activity around the Horizon IT system scandal. It has ...
Long Covid patients slam the UK Medical Research Council’s lack of response to billboard campaign
In December campaigners from Not Recovered UK - who all either live with long Covid, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME, sometimes known ...
A sobering Christmas reality: cocktail of hazardous pesticides in wine has tripled
Official statistics analysed by Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) reveal that the presence of harmful pesticide mixtures in wine ...
Don’t just blame Boris ‘the liar’ Johnson for Long Covid. Blame the crooked psychiatrists who fomented his beliefs, too.
Boris 'the liar' Johnson's non-apology to people living with long Covid at the Covid Inquiry has angered many people. The ...
Johnson says ‘sorry’ – but ONLY for getting caught calling Long Covid ‘b*llocks’
Boris Johnson's first day at the Covid Inquiry was underscored by his inability to apologise to long Covid patients properly ...
Johnson’s appearance at the Covid Inquiry is more ‘b*llocks’ says Long Covid campaign group
Boris Johnson will be giving evidence at the UK's Covid Inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic and the then-government's response on ...
‘Winter of Pain’ for people with spinal cord injury due to increase in energy price cap
The new 5% higher price cap on energy bills announced on Thursday 23 November means people will pay more this ...
‘You can stick your Autumn Statement up your arse’: disabled people organise emergency protest, 6pm tonight
Campaign group Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) has organised an emergency protest outside Downing Street. It's happening today (Friday 24 ...
Disabled people hit back at Jeremy Hunt’s demonisation of DWP benefit claimants
Disabled people in Sheffield say they are not ‘coasting’ on benefits and have slammed their demonisation, in response to recent ...
It’s Disability Pay Gap Day, so here’s how much less disabled people earn. Spoiler: it’s a lot
New analysis published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday 14 November - which is Disability Pay Gap Day ...
DWP facing court action over its controversial proposed changes to the WCA
Disabled activist Ellen Clifford has begun a legal challenge against the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). It's over the ...
The Covid Inquiry has exposed the UK government’s ‘democide’, not that it’s new
The ongoing Covid Inquiry has been hitting the headlines once again - but this time for some of the wrong ...
Disabled people took their fight over the WCA changes to the DWP’s front door
On Monday 30 October, chronically ill and disabled people protested outside the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over the ...
The DWP’s head office is facing a protest over its ‘despicable’ plans for the WCA
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing a backlash over its plans to change the Work Capability Assessment ...
There’s only days left to tell the DWP what you think about its Work Capability Assessment changes
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is running a consultation on changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Its ...
A Tory council has forced a woman with MS into a care home against her will
A Tory-run Norfolk council has forced a disabled woman living with multiple sclerosis (MS) into a care home against her ...
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