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...

It seems to be a week of poverty. Median income is below its level in 2009-10. Work isn’t a route out of poverty. Being in full-time work...

On Monday the government started the roll-out of its new disability benefit, Personal Independence Payments. According to the government,...

Many people are disabled because they are chronically sick.  These people cannot turn up to work regularly, because any given day they...

When I first started on disability research, I just saw the numbers. I saw that 40% of ESA claimants told they are fit to work then...

It’s such a shame. There was a wonderful opportunity to make something that worked. To get rid of what was failing and bring in new...

Disabled children should be euthanased, according to Cllr Colin Brewer. According to Baroness Warnock, disabled adults should be...

£53 a week. Could you do it? Most people think not.  Interestingly, those on higher incomes are more likely to think that they could do...

I received a request to write about the 878 300 people who drop their ESA claims early.  The government’s line – repeated several times –...

Yesterday, the Daily Mail ran the astounding story that a disabled man qualified for the benefits he received.  Their surprise was great...

Jobcentre staff are being set targets for sanctioning claimants, and are encouraged to employ methods that are more likely to result in...

George Osborne has decided that benefits will be up-rated at 1% for the next three years.  Previously, they would have been uprated in...