New study suggests benefits system discriminates against those with mental illnesses
Only 16.6% of assesors had a clinical mental health background
Disability Living Allowance
The disability benefits cut shows the Government’s flagrant disregard for evidence
If more people are living with disabilities, that’s a good reason to increase spending
Comment: Iain Duncan Smith is undoing years of struggle for disabled rights
For IDS disability is an aberration that needs to be, and can be, fixed
The coalition has stigmatised welfare users – we need a return to compassion and solidarity
George Osborne has said a further £25bn spending cut will be coming after the next election, much of which will hit disabled people
The Tories’ PIP failure has left thousands of disabled people without support
Statistics show that thousands of disabled people are still waiting over 16 weeks just to get an assessment
Anger at government reforms to Disability Living Allowance
On Wednesday, disability rights campaigners urged the Lords that the government’s proposed introduction of Personal Independence Payment, to replace the Disability Living Allowance, had serious flaws and requires significant changes. The website We Are Spartacus, which features the opinions oftest
The nasty department: DWP threaten to take disabled children away from parents
The DWP is sending out threatening, menacing letters to disabled parents, ordering them to do as they say or risk having their children taken into care.
How the public massively overestimates benefit fraud
The huge discrepancy between the reality and public perceptions of benefit fraud legitimates government reforms and backs Labour into a political corner.
IDS’s continuing spin war against people with disabilities: part 47
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions continues to use misleading figures on the growth of disability benefit claims to underpin his case for reform.
The benefits Britons want to save are the ones the Tories want to cut
Declan Gaffney examines Progress’ report on the support for benefits cuts in depth, and finds that it doesn’t show what it purports to show