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disability

October 22, 2016

Campaign seeks to bring victims of austerity 'to the table'

A new campaigning group, Cradle2Grave, has come together to "join the dots together after being battered and bruised by Tory austerity for six years".
October 8, 2016

Personal Independence Payments, a Peer and Paralympian

Is anyone in the UK more equipped to deal with the benefits system than Tanni Grey-Thompson?
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
September 5, 2016

One in eight too ill or disabled to work by state pension age

Around one in eight men and women are forced to stop working before state pension age due to ill-health or disability, according to TUC research published today.
September 1, 2016

New book reveals how disastrous welfare policies were developed

How did Britain reach the point where thousands of seriously ill people
August 12, 2016

Promoting disability-inclusive development in East Africa

Forty representatives of national councils of persons with disabilities from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda met in Kigali, Rwanda from 8-11 August to explore ways in which they can promote disability-inclusive development in East Africa.
July 28, 2016

Determining the support needs of people with chronic illness
June 15, 2016

Three-quarters of benefit claimants worried about welfare changes

New research by the national charity Turn2us has found that almost three-quarters (73 per cent) of low income households claiming means-tested benefits are worried about future changes to the welfare system.
June 6, 2016

Convalescence and a small transfiguration

Last weekend, strolling round a nature reserve, I saw something so beautiful it took my breath for a moment – a rabbit, nibbling on summer-lit grass with
May 9, 2016

Personal Independence Payments: the 20 metre rule

In the 2012 Welfare Reform Act, the government replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with Personal Independence Payments (PIP).