Lords prepare for critical debate on welfare benefit payments to cancer patients
The government has lost a vote in the House of Lords over its plans to cut the welfare bill. Peers […]
After a rare bone disease nearly killed him, Mark Sparrow had to stop working and now fears the ESA and […]

Labour optimistic of ability to dilute contaminated welfare reforms including means-testing of cancer patients
I believe that there comes a point in the life of any Prime Minister when the electorate is entitled to […]

Mayor of London says Disability Living Allowance proposals could push disadvantaged group into deeper poverty
More than 30 benefits claimants have died while appealing against a judgment that they were fit to work, official figures […]
Liam Byrne on welfare ‘reform’: “An insult to the memory of Beveridge” The Guardian, Letters, Tuesday 3 January 2012 21.00 […]

Our panel discusses the shadow work and pensions secretary's return to William Beveridge in his comments on reform

For a government committed to getting people working, abolishing the disability living allowance presents a PR challenge

Mencap inquiry finds institutional discrimination against people with learning disabilities led to at least 74 deaths
A FIRM employed by the Government to weed outbenefit cheats are losing more than two thirds ofthe appeals against their […]

In my political lifetime, I have never seen a more callous or inept crew in charge. This is no time for Labour to lose its nerve
Disability Studies and the Disability Perspective     David PfeifferCenter on Disability StudiesUniversity of Hawaii Abstract At a meeting of […]

There's no point blaming foreigners for the failure of our government's procurement policies. Profit is the real problem
The number of people on sickness benefits expected to be referred for specialist help in finding work has been sharply […]

Some NHS treatments deemed unaffordable as experts says debate needed on what NHS can offer
An average of 23 people are chasing every job in Britain, a report warns today. The research paints a bleak […]
Serious doubts have emerged about crucial statistics used by the minister for disabled people to justify the government’s sweeping disability […]
NHS hospitals in England will be free to use almost half their hospital beds and theatre time for private patients […]
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