Govan Law Centre (GLC) is delighted that Shelter Scotland and the STUC have endorsed the principles of the‘No eviction for bedroom […]
  Disabled by grenade – soldier fighting for benefits says he is being accused by DWP of faking his injuries Posted […]
  Kidney dialysis patient says he is a victim of benefit cuts WATCH THE INTERVIEW WITH LEE HERE: http://www.itv.com/news/west/story/2013-01-24/kidney-patients-says-he-is-victim-of-benefits-cuts/   […]

Former lance corporal wounded in grenade attack in Iraq says he is being accused of faking his injuries
  The biggest social housing landlord in the north west says almost a quarter of its tenants subject to the […]
  27th January 2013 by Jemima Khant  Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. Here’s a film about the disabled victims of Aktion […]
By KATIE SMYTH, 25 January 2013  A Dundee veteran who lost his leg in a bomb blast in Afghanistan is appealing a […]
22 January 2013   MORE THAN 3,300 Dundee households face having their housing benefit slashed when the controversial bedroom tax […]

Anna Soubry's ill-founded speech about obesity was typical of politicians refusing to engage their brains
  One woman with Crohn’s told to work in a nappy; another with 90 per cent burns declared fit to […]
Correction and Clarification The caption above says “The SW is incorrect: It’s 11 bedrooms”. But there is no mistake or […]

As part of a new weekly series exploring the human impact of the government's benefits changes this week we look at the spare bedroom tax and how it's affecting our readers

In April the new 'spare bedroom tax' comes into force, meaning many low-income families and disabled people will be forced to move or face yet more cuts. The implications are frightening

• See a summary of the live Twitter chat with @Claire_phipps on #gdnchat and find out how to take part in the next chat about welfare reforms here

That mainstream political debate is ignoring the plight of this most vulnerable group of people is nothing short of shameful

Charities and police report rise in people shoplifting for groceries such as baby milk and food
What’s in a clause? Sometimes quite a lot—as disabled claimants will find out when they are tested for new PIP […]
How hard a person works is not and never has been proportional to a person’s salary…     BY LAURIE PENNY PUBLISHED […]

Opinion is divided on planned cuts to welfare, but not everyone affected has a voice. We'd like to hear about your experiences

• Suicide rate among 45-59-year-old men highest since 1986
• Government to fund new research into suicide prevention
    Letter The Guardian Monday 21 January 2013 21.00 GMT   The minister for welfare reform told the House of Lords […]
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