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March 7, 2017
Disability, the minimum wage, and Christianity

 In Matthew’s Gospel (20: 1-15) the parable of the workers in the vineyard culminates in the famous phrase, “So the last will be first, and the first will be last”.

February 27, 2017
'Taking pills at home' - PIP and mental illness

Last week an Upper Tribunal ruling clarified the law, making it clear that people suffering from mental illness and who meet the criteria are entitled to a Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

February 27, 2017
Former Archbishop Rowan Williams and Prof Mona Siddiqui in conversation

This is a unique opportunity to

February 24, 2017
Inquiry into PIP and Motor Neurone Disease

There can be few things more devastating than to be diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND

February 20, 2017
The Smokescreen of the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper

Welfare reform policies, almost without exception, have been based on false assumptions, policy-based evidence, and an astounding ignorance of the lives that will be affected by such reforms.

February 14, 2017
Trump and May - more alike than appearances suggest?

As we watch the Trump White House in horrified fascination, are we in danger of tolerating similar attitudes and policies from our own government simply because they are expressed in a more subtle

February 1, 2017
Government ideology makes caring more difficult

When making cuts to social security benefits the government’s approach has been to blame the poor for their own poverty.

January 26, 2017
Why we can't afford child poverty

In 2013 Sir Michael Marmot warned that Britain faced a

January 16, 2017
Inequality, scapegoating and misdirection

 The

January 10, 2017
Theresa May and mental health - first do no harm

Theresa May could quite easily stop her own government making life much harder for people who have mental health problems.

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