Assisted dying group have links to Keir Starmer and Alan Milburn
One of the major lobby organisations calling for MPs to back a new assisted dying bill, Dignity in Dying, has significant ties to Labour Party prime minister Keir Starmer. On…
a poem describes living with ME/CFS
Living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) is physically devastating – but the social isolation that comes with it is often less discussed. Family and friends don’t always understand the disease’s hallmark…
Assisted dying campaign group has ties to right-wing think tanks
A key campaign organisation and its sister charity lobbying the Labour Party government to pass a new law on assisted dying has taken significant funds from a billionaire’s philanthropic fund…
Mpox variant now detected in Germany for the first time
An infection with the new Mpox variant clade 1b has been detected in Germany for the first time, the Robert Koch Institute health authority said on Tuesday 22 October. Germany:…
Severe ME/CFS patient has now been sectioned by the UK NHS
NHS West Middlesex University Hospital has just placed very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) patient Carla Naoum under a Section 2 of the Mental Health Act order. It comes as the…
DWP benefit fraud is the next Post Office scandal waiting to happen
The Labour government’s latest plans at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is a Post Office scandal-scale disaster waiting to happen. Specifically, the department – with a rapsheet of…
An Unfinished History of Disability Activism
Today I get to write about my favourite topic – myself, Rachel Charlton-Dailey, of course. As you may have already seen on Twitter, I’m delighted to share some exciting news…
DWP WCA reforms WILL happen as Labour look to cut £1.3bn
In yet another U-turn, the Labour Party-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to press ahead with plans to ‘reform’ the WCA, outlined by the previous Tory administration.…
DWP PIP process exposed in secret reports as dire for ME/CFS
A tranche of reports the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) buried – including one for nearly two years – has exposed how it has been utterly failing chronically ill…
DWP mental health claimants to be targeted in hospital by Labour
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Labour Party boss Liz Kendall has told the BBC about the government’s plans to coerce people with “serious” mental health problems into work. This involves…
DWP tried to BURY report that its assessments make people sick
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) sat on a report for nearly two years that evidenced how its own processes quite literally make claimants’ health worse. It comes just…
NHS winter crisis looms as tripledemic, wait times cause chaos
A lot of people are starting to get very worried about whether there will be an NHS winter crisis this year. NHS winter crisis: the signs are not good The…