By Jenny Howarth
Who is Collin Brewer? Until February this year, he was a little known Cornish councillor. That was until the now infamous councillor commented to Theresa Court, a staff member of Disability Cornwall during an Equality and Diversity Event. The comment in question was “disabled children should be put down”.
It understandably c [...]
‘Disabled Children Should Be Pu...
By Jenny Howarth
Who is Collin Brewer? Until February this year, he was a little known Cornish councillor. That was until the now infamous councillor commented to Theresa Court, a staff member of Disability Cornwall during an Equality and Diversity Event. The comment in question was “disabled children should be put down”.
It understandably c [...]
Letters: 96 Year Old With Dodgy Hip N...
The number of people with disabled parking permits or ‘blue badges’ has increased in recent years.
Under the old system a GP was asked to verify whether the person could walk 100m. It is not easy to check in a small doctor’s surgery whether someone can walk 100m. The old system wasted doctors’ time and was inefficient.
Under the new system Ch [...]
Benefit Cap: 7,000 Families In London...
This article titled “Benefit cap: 7,000 families in London will lose over £100 a week” was written by Patrick Butler, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 17th May 2013 14.47 UTC
This a startling figure: Over 7,000 low income London families will lose over £100 a week as a result of the benefit cap, equivalent to one in three of all hou [...]
Thousands Of Social Housing Tenants F...
Housing associations have reported that thousands of social housing tenants have failed to account for the shortfall in their rent as a result of the government’s controversial ‘bedroom tax’.
Cuts to housing benefits mean that social housing tenants must contribute to their rent if they have a spare bedroom. A household with [...]
Labour Plans To Give Local Councils A...
This article titled “Labour plans to give local councils a say in welfare spending” was written by Patrick Wintour, political editor, for The Guardian on Thursday 16th May 2013 20.57 UTC
Labour is exploring radical plans to give local councils and new regional bodies a central role in shaping the way billions of pounds of welfar [...]
Atos Benefit Claimants Face Biased Me...
This article titled “Atos benefit claimants face biased medical assessments, doctor alleges” was written by Randeep Ramesh, social affairs editor, for The Guardian on Thursday 16th May 2013 19.43 UTC
Medical assessments of benefit applicants at Atos Healthcare were designed to incorrectly assess claimants as being fit for work, [...]
Austerity Policy May Increase Child P...
This article titled “Austerity policy may increase child poverty, doctors say” was written by Randeep Ramesh, social affairs editor, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 16th May 2013 09.17 UTC
The government’s austerity policy of pruning back welfare benefits and social care could “set the country back even further” [...]
Activists Put Bedroom Tax In The Dock
This article written by Peter Lazenby was first published by the Morning Star on 15 May 2013.
photo credit: Ben Sutherland via photopin cc
Disabled people who claim that the government’s vicious bedroom tax unlawfully discriminates against them launched a legal challenge against it today.
Many face losing part of the housing benefit [...]
Cuts-Crazed Tories Dump 15,000 More O...
This article written by Peter Lazenby was first published by the Morning Star on 15 May 2013.
Ministers were slammed today for leaving people’s lives “in tatters” as unemployment soared to a staggering 2.52 million.
Britain’s unions unleashed a chorus of condemnation as 15,000 more workers joined the dole queue in t [...]
DWP Finds No Evidence Of Secret Regim...
This article titled “DWP finds no evidence of secret regime of jobcentre benefits targets” was written by Patrick Wintour, political editor, for The Guardian on Wednesday 15th May 2013 18.01 UTC
An internal inquiry at the Department for Work and Pensions into the covert regime of welfare targets at jobcentres says it has found n [...]
Benefits Rule Risks Closure Of Night ...
This article titled “Benefits rule risks closure of night shelters forcing hundreds onto streets” was written by Patrick Butler and Nigel Bunyan, for The Guardian on Wednesday 15th May 2013 17.11 UTC
Hundreds of vulnerable homeless people face being turned out on to the streets amid confusion over how local authorities should in [...]
Guest Post: DWP And “People Like Me” ...
I am disabled.
There is no getting around it so let’s get this out-of-the-way first. I’m fully blind, have an arm that’s “died” and awaiting selective amputation, unable to walk for long due to spine & bad heart & lungs – all of which were caused by injury just a couple of years ago. I’m not saying this for the [...]











