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 …
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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 …
A Theresa May U-turn the public CAN’T believe – improving mental health care
There are huge problems with any attempt by Conservatives to tackle the lack of services to help people with mental …
Tories will continue to kill the poor as long as ordinary people keep trying to blame Labour
Some readers of This Blog may be unfortunate enough to have witnessed a conversation with a person calling him- or …
‘Brown Envelope Day’ – and the horror it holds for sick and disabled people
Look at the blood pressure reading and pulse count mentioned in Julia Smith’s Facebook comment (copied below). Does that really …