Another quarter-year, another labour market release. Cue the DWP praising itself for record numbers of people in work, and record rates...

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...

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...

When it’s their word against yours, medical evidence is what proves you’re not the one lying. Medical evidence is what says that you are...

Just as nature takes millions of years to regain diversity after a mass extinction, so neighbourhoods take years, even decades, to build...

A new disability benefit should reflect the policy intent that the important factor is not the medical condition but the effect that it...

It’s been a pretty depressing day. Disabled people have fought for change after change to the government’s cuts and austerity measures....

I’m getting sick of this ‘something for nothing’ attitude that MPs seem to have regarding social security. They complain about giving...

When Sir William Beveridge wrote his report on social insurance he identified five giant evils: squalor, ignorance,  want, idleness and...

A couple of weeks back I wrote about a recent experience using trains as a disabled person. As one reader pointed out, part of my problem...