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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 16, 2017

Spartacus Network responds to Work, Health and Disability Green Paper

The Spartacus Network has produced a new report, Smokescreen, in response to the Government's Work, Health and Disability Green Paper
February 2, 2017

TODAY: Assisted dying and living: a better conversation (Thurs 2 Feb)

The debate about assisted dying and assisted living can be fractious and complex. We believe that a better conversation can be had: one built on deep human empathy and compassion.
December 11, 2016

Lord Freud, Peter Oborne, and welfare reform

Veteran journalist Peter Oborne rightly has a reputation for integrity and intellectual rigour.
November 16, 2016

What is it like to be disabled and work at the DWP?

The Department for Work and Pensions
November 11, 2016

Does Green Paper reveal government's lack of commitment to the welfare state?

Does a section of the government’s Green Paper on Work, Health and
November 10, 2016

Treatment of disabled and unemployed people’s families an international scandal

The UK state’s treatment of disabled people violates basic human rights, a United Nations report has found.
November 2, 2016

The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper

It’s early days, but there have already been some very good initial responses to the government’s
October 27, 2016

Toby Young and I Daniel Blake, continued

I recently wrote a response to Toby Young’s review of the film I, Daniel Blake. In it Mr.
October 25, 2016

Toby Young and I, Daniel Blake

Earlier this year Toby Young, the Conservative columnist who set up a Free School, very gracefully