DWP benefit fraud in the spotlight once again
The now Labour-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its annual report. So predictably, it was prime opportunity for the right-wing hacks at the Times to punch down on…
award-winning activist’s discrimination at ceremony
It’s amazing how ableism can so quickly turn honor and celebration into insult and injury. That might sound like the start of a really niche horror movie, but it was…
young Autistic woman forcibly held in Scotland
Content warning: this article contains descriptions of physical and emotional abuse that some readers may find upsetting. With the police’s announcement that there is a “national emergency” over a rise…
what will Labour plans mean for benefits?
A new report has offered a revealing insight into the Labour-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) likely “back to work” plans over the next five years. Crucially, it advocates…
Disabled people already protesting over their basic rights
Chronically ill and disabled people took over Parliament Square to demand that the new Labour Party government undo years of damage caused by the Tories. From the DWP to social…
Maeve Boothby O’Neill’s inquest opens in Exeter
Monday 22 July was the start of an inquest into the death of a young woman with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). As written in MEpedia, Maeve Boothby O’Neill: was a young…
DWP PIP consultation set to close
Today – Monday 22 July – is the final day to respond to the previous Tory government’s controversial consultation on key disability benefit reforms. This included the Conservative-led Department for…
Covid-19 Inquiry so far failed to hold corporate media to account
The first report from the Covid-19 inquiry came out yesterday and told us what many of us already knew – the government had failed to prepare for a pandemic and…
group calls on new Labour government to step up
A key coalition of disability rights groups have written to the new Labour Party government. In a letter addressed to prime minister Keir Starmer, the Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG)…
No more disabled people-killing Tories. But Labour…? Hmm.
Well hello again. It’s been a while hasn’t it? When we last spoke (well I last spoke at you) we were finally about to be free of the fascist-supporting, forcing…
South Asian women face additional barriers to support
Shehla Ali from About M.E. looks at the racism and discrimination that pervades healthcare for South Asian women living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). “Is everything ok at home?” …
a decade of campaigning amid medical stagnation
As part of the Canary and the Chronic Collaboration’s Amplify training programme, founder of ME Foggy Dog and Stripy Lightbulb CIC Sally Callow writes for us on her 10 years…