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WRAG

July 2, 2017

Government-created destitution

A few days ago (29 June 2017) there was an event in Westminster – ‘The Co
September 23, 2016

Are disability benefits being cut covertly?

When further cuts to disability benefits became politically risky, did the government cynically decide to make cuts anyway, but covertly, by simply denying support to people who desperately need &n
March 29, 2016

Government spending on disabled people

Since the Budget, the issue of spending cuts affecting disabled people has been given some long-overdue media attention.
February 28, 2016

Time to accept labour market realities for sick and disabled people

When the government began reassessing Incapacity Benefit claimants in 2010, they expected the majority to be found fit to work.
February 5, 2016

Reforming welfare from a distance

A young man I know, David, (not his real name) is heartbreakingly eager to work and has a mild learning disability.
December 17, 2015

Managing expectations of the welfare state

It was very heartening to see Conservative MP Jeremy Lefroy speaking out against the proposed cut to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
December 10, 2015

Disability, poverty, and the House of Lords

In the latest figures available for
November 25, 2015

Autumn Statement - abandoning sick and disabled people

It was very alarming to hear the Chancellor say, in his
October 7, 2015

Iain Duncan Smith, cancer, and compassion

During his party conference speech, Iain Duncan Smith said he was motivated by compassion.
July 23, 2015

Benefit cuts may not be as popular as we're led to believe

We are constantly being told that the British public has swallowed the 'scroungers and skivers' rhetoric about benefit claimants, and is broadly in favour of welfare cuts.