Tag Archives: Welfare reform
Government cuts will make it harder for disabled people to find work
Huffington post article, 8 Dec 2015: Government plans to cut unemployment benefits for disabled people will make it harder, not easier, for them to get back into work, according to a House of Lords report. The Employment and Support Allowance … Continue reading
590 suicides in England linked to ‘fitness for work test’ (WCA)
Damning’ research on WCA deaths is ‘timely’ reminder of government’s shame, by John Pring, November 20, 2015 in Disability news service Disabled activists say government-funded research, which concludes that the programme to reassess people on incapacity benefit through the work … Continue reading
UN inquiry into ‘grave violations’ of disabled people’s rights in UK
From Disability News Service: The United Nations is carrying out an unprecedented inquiry into “systematic and grave violations” of disabled people’s human rights by the UK government, Disability News Service (DNS) can finally confirm. DNS revealed last August that the … Continue reading
Disabled People’s manifesto for 2016 elections
Disability Wales Announce Disabled People’s Manifesto #itsmyright Disability Wales on 17th September 2015 presented its Manifesto in the Seneddd calling for an Enabling Wales where disabled people, as citizens of a modern inclusive nation, truly experience their rights, equality and independence, … Continue reading
Disability poverty rises
Disability poverty rose sharply in fourth year of coalition, by John Pring on July 3, 2015 in on Disability News Service The proportion of disabled people living in poverty rose sharply in the fourth year of the coalition government, according … Continue reading
The high cost of UK Government’s Benefits projects
From the Guardian: Labour says universal credit will take 495 years to roll out as costs rise £3bn, by Rajeev Syal and Rowena Mason, Friday 26 June 2015 Iain Duncan Smith’s scheme to integrate welfare benefits has suffered numerous delays and revisions … Continue reading
Mentally ill benefits to be cut?
Tories discuss stripping benefits claimants who refuse treatment for depression according to the Daily Telegraph. Senior ministers now believe the rules should be reviewed in order to reduce the “huge” numbers of people who are declared unfit for work due … Continue reading
Welfare system causing hardship in Wales says CAB
A report, One Day at a Time launched 8 July 2014 by Citizens Advice Cymru highlights that many of the most vulnerable in Wales are being forced into hardship due to the biggest changes to the welfare system in over sixty … Continue reading
Welfare Benefit Changes Roadshow 25 June
Free events are being held for disabled people and their families to help you understand the changes to welfare benefits and know your rights: Tuesday 25 June 2013 Bangor Wednesday 3 July Newport FULLY BOOKED Thursday 18 July Newtown The … Continue reading
Panorama: The great disability scam
Only half of all people with a disability are in work. BBC’s Panorama investigates if one of the government’s most ambitious welfare reforms, costing billions of pounds, can solve the problem of disability unemployment. Reporter Sam Poling reveals the private … Continue reading
