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  • January 6, 2021
    Lockdown, learning, and the Bedroom Tax

    Almost every child under 11 in the UK has been born under a Conservative government.

  • January 21, 2014
    NCVO research project on welfare changes

    Anjelica Finnegan started work at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) this week and will be leading a new Joseph Rowntree Fund-financed research project to find out about the experiences of voluntary organisations dealing with the government's welfare changes in the Welfare Reform Act.

  • December 5, 2013
    Government 'must be held to account' for changes hitting disabled and sick

    The Government is being asked urgently to examine all cuts affecting sick and disabled people after a landmark petition triggered a Parliamentary debate.

  • December 4, 2013
    Backing needed for a fresh approach to welfare and disability
  • August 13, 2013
    LGA report shows devastating impact of UK welfare policies

    Research from the Local Government Association (LGA) in England has highlighted the true destruction and dislocation caused by UK welfare cuts.

  • June 5, 2013
    Welfare petition seeks 'tweetathon' boost

    The 'War on Welfare' e-government petition, which has amassed over 40,000 signatories, but needs 100,000 to be able to seek a parliamentary debate, is organising a 'tweetathon' on Thursday 6th June to add to the momentum of the campaign.

  • December 11, 2012
    Help push the debate on the impact of cuts on the disabled

    In the Summer I wrote about my seriously ill friend Yvonne, who has had a double lung transplant, breast cancer, and multiple other health problems.

    Today, Yvonne is in an ambulance on her way to Harefield Hospital in Middlesex, from her home in North Wales. Two weeks ago, she was summoned to her local Jobcentre, having been placed in the Work Related Activity Group by Atos, who believe that with support Yvonne could return to work in the future. Yvonne will be lucky to be alive in the future, but thanks to Atos and the DWP, she is spending what time she has left worrying about her appeal against this ludicrous decision.

  • October 9, 2012
    Welfare minister told government is 'bullying' disabled people

    While Conservatives trumpet a further £10.5 billion welfare cuts, a leading disability campaigner has told a minister to "stop bullying us".