December 3 was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. If you didn’t know, that’s half the problem
As Samuel Miller states below, December 3 was a day of mourning in the United Kingdom. Tory austerity has killed …
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Tory war on the sick: We are sending people to foodbanks so they can take medicine
Recently This Writer was attacked for suggesting that the Conservative Government is committing covert genocide on people with long-term illnesses …
The road to genocide starts with divisive words – the kind that are all around us today
I’m drawing attention to the article quoted below because it’s the right time. The controversy over Jeremy Corbyn’s words to …
Holocaust Memorial Day tweet triggers hate-filled denial of disability-related deaths
My word. This Writer’s experience after Prime Minister’s Questions today demonstrates the danger of publishing unwise words – and I don’t …
Labour has accepted that benefit claimants are being pushed to suicide. Will the DWP?
Debbie Abrahams just laid down the gauntlet – but does the DWP, let alone the Tories, have the courage to …
We don’t know how many people were wrongly declared ‘fit for work’ – DWP figures are meaningless
Here’s another example of how the Department for Work and Pensions distorts the facts. This organisation is saying the number …
Malnutrition and ‘Victorian’ disease return – because of rising poverty driven by the Tories
The numbers aren’t huge at the moment, but they are significant – between 2010 and 2014, malnutrition in Salford rose …
Censoring Marine Le Pen would be hypocritical when the BBC doesn’t gag UKIP or the Tories
Courting controversy shouldn’t be taboo – although I think the Marr Show producers really should have thought twice about having …
The sick rules that make life harder for people who face workplace discrimination
The optimistic part of this is that people who have faced discrimination when returning to work after a serious illness can …
Why are the Tories trying to push sickness/disability claimants into work when firms won’t make adjustments for them?
Here’s another sign that the Conservative Government doesn’t know how to do joined-up thinking. Work and Pensions secretary Damian Green …