DWP’s letter to doctors means MORE people have been wrongly denied benefits
The duplicity in the latest attack on the sick and disabled by the Conservatives is enough to make anybody ill …
Tag Archives: work capability assessment
Campaigners against disability discrimination need to watch Cressida Dick’s ‘knife crime’ comments carefully. Here’s the reason
It is bad enough that Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has admitted there is a direct connection between an increase …
Labour’s Laura tackles Tory liars over ‘kill yourself’ scandal that is STILL happening after FOUR YEARS
It is nearly four years to the day since I published evidence that private contractors carrying out the Work Capability …
Calls mount for Universal Credit to be axed as McVey admits people ‘will be worse off’
Long-term readers of This Site will be pleased to know that Mrs Mike was recently awarded Personal Independence Payments, at …
Tory minister for suicide prevention: ‘Like curing malaria with the plague’
It was an easy mistake to make. When I heard the Conservative government had appointed a minister for suicide prevention …
DWP facing court over claimant’s universal credit ‘fit for work injustice’ | Disability News Service
Yet again the Department for Work and Pensions is facing court action for improperly assessing a benefit claimant, and for …
DWP advisor reckons there’s a job for everyone – even if you’re 64 and disabled
This is exactly what Debbie Abrahams was talking about when she said the “healthcare professionals” who conduct benefit assessments must …
Fibromyalgia sufferers who claim ESA are not Lady Gaga – which is why the DWP can abuse them
Fibromyalgia is, of course, one of the conditions affecting This Writer’s own partner (known here as Mrs Mike). Mrs Mike …
Poverty is the enemy of good mental health. Why do Tories increase it?
It’s a classic example of failed Tory thinking. They say they want the NHS to work properly, within the budgets …
Links between benefits and mental ill-health could be recorded by doctors in new plan
The link between disability benefit assessments, mental health problems and increases in suicide rates could be made explicit in a …