DWP NHS co-working plans will see job advisors in hospitals
New articles in the Times and the Guardian look to be little more than a cut and paste job from a government press release. What were both servile client media lapdogs…
DWP PIP changes Jobcentre staff to make decisions in PIP reviews
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be putting more decisions on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reviews into the hands of Jobcentre staff. It means that non-medically trained DWP…
Waltham Forest Labour council set to close Markhouse Centre
Almost as soon as in office the Labour Party government picked on poor children with their refusal to reverse the two-child benefit cap, then they selected pensioners for a winter…
campaigners descend on parliament over bill hike
Campaign group Fuel Poverty Action took to parliament on 1 October. It was to hand in its #EnergyForAll petition signed by over half a million people. This calls for the…
the EDS & ME/CFS link
Every October, it’s Dysautonomia Awareness Month: shedding light on a group of conditions that involve dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). One of the most discussed conditions under the…
what does the 10% rise mean for you?
Winter energy bills are about to bite for households across the country. This is because on 1 October so-called energy regulator Ofgem will be raising the energy price cap. Obviously,…
DWP Labour policy is being influenced by Iain Duncan Smith
To little notice on social media, Iain Duncan Smith’s notorious dark money think tank the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) posted up at the Labour Party conference. On Sunday 22…
Starmer is now just as dangerous for disabled people as the Tories
“We are rebuilding a Britain that belongs to you”. Those were the words tweeted by Keir Starmer hours before his first Labour conference speech as prime minister. Though after hearing…
Winter fuel payments cut will hit over 1.5 million people in poverty
The new Labour Party government is stripping winter fuel payments from 1.6 million pensioners living in poverty this winter. This is according to a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
Standing charges campaign floods Ofgem with calls to scrap them
Over 20,000 people have flooded energy regulator Ofgem’s inbox calling for it to scrap cruel standing charges on energy bills. As part of Energy For All’s letter-writing campaign, thousands have…
DWP WorkWell could be a disaster for ME/CFS and long Covid
A joint Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) work programme – WorkWell – likely spells more bad news and harm to people…
Assisted dying to be pushed through despite widespread concern
Prime minister Keir Starmer appears to be gearing up to fast-track new legislation to legalise assisted dying. This could see parliament holding a vote within weeks on this. However, the…
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