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Sickness and suicide

“84% of GPs say they have patients who have presented with mental health problems such as stress, anxiety or depression as a result of...

Disability’s Not Working

The government has plans to further sanction long-term sick or disabled people if they deem these people to not be working hard enough. ...

Atos and the Paralympics

A few days ago James Max wrote an article about Atos and the Paralympics.  Many disabled people and their supporters have been upset by...

What does God teach us when we suffer?

I’ve been talking a lot with my family recently about appropriate responses to suffering. One of the most common responses I’ve come...

Panorama and Dispatches report on the WCA

Last night Panorama (BBC2) and Dispatches (Channel 4) featured documentaries on the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), part of the process...

Welfare Reform Bill

Ahead of the Autumn Budget, I thought it would be worth looking at what cuts to the Welfare Bill really mean. 1) The size of the cuts The...

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