DWP to face inquiry into deaths of disabled people
Today in “that bump under the rug? Oh it’s just important disabled news don’t look at that”, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has announced they are launching an…
Today in “that bump under the rug? Oh it’s just important disabled news don’t look at that”, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has announced they are launching an…
I’m supposed to be writing about something completely different right now, but as I was working on that I got some news that made my blood curdle. The DWP has…
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has stripped over 180,000 people of their benefits. It is doing so through its so-called ‘managed migration’ process. Specifically, this is where the…
This week I wrote about how Keir Starmer’s Labour could be as dangerous for disabled people as the Tories and I’d like to correct myself there. Some of Labour is…
New data reveals the number of people injured or diagnosed with a spinal cord injury is approximately double that previously estimated. Spinal cord injury cases: drastically underestimated A new data…
The 11 to 17 May 2024 is myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Week. This year, two major conferences are taking place throughout the week. One is the inaugural ‘Unite To Fight’…
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is once again ramping up its benefit criminal rhetoric around Universal Credit. Specifically, it has announced its plans to hire 2,500 ‘external agents’…
After weeks of hearing the awful changes the Tories have got planned, the Labour Party took to the podium today to announce their pre-election pledges. While there was a lot of…
A housing association – Adra – is torturing a severely chronically ill woman and putting her life at risk. She lives with both Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and severe myalgic encephalomyelitis…
New analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) shows the number of women economically inactive as a result of chronic illness has increased by more than 500,000 over last five…
As expected after an embarrassing time at the polls, the Tories were back to take it out on disabled people this week. The human wet wipe, the DWP’s Mel Stride,…
A groundbreaking international and community-driven long Covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) conference – ‘Unite To Fight’ – is about to take place for the first time. Already, the event is…