Parliament will finally debate PIP and how the DWP manages it. MPs must be there.
A petition over Personal Independence Payment (PIP), a benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), has sparked a parliamentary ...
Tag: chronic illness
Disabled mothers have had to take it upon themselves to start defending their basic rights
A campaign group led by chronically ill and disabled mothers has launched a 'Charter of Rights'. It is in relation ...
More evidence emerges that closing train ticket offices is the thin end of a disastrous wedge for disabled people
More evidence has emerged showing just how inaccessible the UK rail network is for many chronically ill and disabled people. ...
The Guardian has thrown the ME community under the bus, using bias and misinformation
The Guardian has published a new article on the disease myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). However, the original copy was littered with ...
A disabled person nailed why train ticket office closures are a disaster
The Tory government has greenlit train operators to close the majority of ticket offices at stations. As is usual, bosses ...
Disabled mothers are fighting back against social services and the adoption industry
Disabled and marginalised mothers are coming together to fight back against social services' institutional discrimination against them. They're doing it ...
Toxic Tories are already considering a real-terms Universal Credit cut next April
The Tory government is already considering a real-terms benefits cut in April 2024. It could hit people claiming things like ...
Man Utd’s poor performance on disability access hides a deeper issue
Man Utd has come out mid-table in research around Premier League access for disabled people. However, this masks bigger problems ...
The DWP’s invasion of the NHS continues: GPs can now refer disabled people for voluntary work placements
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced further plans for co-working with the NHS. The proposals will allow ...
Government unprepared for long term affects of coronavirus, suggest studies
With no regular government reports regarding the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, you could be forgiven for thinking it's okay to lower ...
The DWP’s latest Universal Credit plans could see it stop 632,000 peoples’ benefits
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is once again shaking up Universal Credit. It's to do with the Work ...
DWP: 1.6 million people to miss out on second cost of living payment
A cost of living payment will be landing in some benefits claimants' bank accounts from Tuesday 25 April. However, the ...
Dire DWP benefit fraud parody video is far more serious than it seems
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released a new video about benefit fraud. It's cringe, to say the ...
A debate in parliament over the government’s treatment of disabled people wants your input
Parliament is set to debate whether the government has adequately supported chronically ill and disabled people during the cost of ...
When the price on a child’s head is £100k, no wonder adoption in the UK is so toxic
This is the final article in a three-part series looking at adoption in the UK in relation to mothers and ...
Systemic racism and ableism pervades the misogynistic UK adoption industry
This is the second in a three-part series looking at adoption in the UK in relation to mothers and caregivers. ...
People with ME are dying while politicians do nothing and the NHS stands idly by. Enough.
The author of this article is a co-founder of the chronic illness campaign group discussed. A protest is taking place ...
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