This post is in response to an article shared with me by a good friend. The other posts in this series are The Experience of Pain; Pain...

This post is in response to an article shared with me by a good friend. The other posts in this series are The Experience of Pain; Pain...

This post is in response to an article shared with me by a good friend. The other posts in this series are The Experience of Pain;...

A good friend recently asked my opinion on an article on a Christian response to pain. This and the next four blog posts have come from...

Recently I had a conversation with a church leader. We had a good conversation ranging over several topics, some at a bit of a tangent....

We might be responsible for getting ourselves into a mess, but does that make us ‘responsible’ for getting ourselves out of it? I use...

What does it mean for Jesus to give us rest? It is easy to spiritualise his words – that what he means is that we can carry on in our...

I’m exhausted. I’m exhausted by six years of chronic illness and seven years of Tory rule. It seems like every time I go on Twitter – and...

The government still doesn’t know what its talking about. But this time it’s almost seven years on from when it gained power, and its...

Whether rightly or wrongly, the government gave the people the choice whether to stay in the EU or leave. Cameron said that he would...

On Thursday the government released its response to the consultation on Personal Independence Payments (PIP), the successor to Disability...

Compared to previous programmes, the Work Programme is not helping more people into work or keeping them in work longer. As we move into...

On Thursday the DWP announced that Atos is withdrawing from its contract to run Work Capability Assessments, the controversial assessment...

Today the government launched its most recent benefit fraud campaign. They’ve had these before and it’s unclear what effect they had. Did...

Dear government, Let’s stop talking about what you think happens in theory and start talking about what is happening in reality. In...

The government has been carrying out a study of suitable descriptors to use for assessments for ESA. The results were supposed to be...

Ah Bah. I am sick of hearing about what politicians think, or about what they think the public thinks, or about what the public thinks....

There is a debate continuing around the social security system on whether those who have paid in more should get back more when they need...

We cannot afford to base policy on public opinion when the public opinion is based on false information. ESA is a good example of this....

Sick or disabled? Carl is a paraplegic. That’s definitely a disability, not a sickness. Right? But then Carl’s paraplegia means that...