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Why Labour MPs must continue to reject the cuts
I recently published two briefings about social security for sick and disabled people, in an attempt to help MPs see why Labour's planned...
Jun 264 min read
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A letter to Stephen Timms... by Stephen Timms
On 1st May 2025, I was part of a small group of women who had a brief meeting with Stephen Timms, to discuss the cuts that Labour plan to...
Jun 1814 min read
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A response to Stephen Timms
I recently had the opportunity to meet with Stephen Timms, the Labour MP who is Minister for Social Security and Disability. This was as...
May 279 min read
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Evidence that Labour is ignoring: Solent Jobs Programme
The Learning and Work Institute recently released a briefing which, rather optimistically to my mind, suggested that 45,000-95,000 sick...
May 266 min read
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Evidence that Labour is ignoring: Additional Work Coach Support
This is the fifth in my series of blog posts looking at the impact of employment support for sick and disabled people. So far, a handful...
May 169 min read
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Evidence that Labour is ignoring: Employment Advisers in IAPT
This is the fourth in my series of blog posts looking at employment support programmes for sick and disabled people. So far, the most...
Apr 214 min read
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Evidence that Labour is ignoring: 18-24 month WRAG
This is the third blog in a series looking at various employment support programmes that have tried to support sick and disabled people...
Apr 76 min read
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Initial response to the Green Paper
There are so many issues with Liz Kendall’s speech today, and the Green Paper proposals, that it is really hard to know where to begin....
Apr 711 min read
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Evidence that Labour is ignoring: the Health-Led Employment Trials
My last blog post covered the Work and Health Programme (W&HP) for disabled people who had been “identified as being capable of finding...
Mar 175 min read
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Evidence that Labour is ignoring: The Work and Health Programme
The current Labour government is very keen for people with chronic illness to somehow move into work. Despite all the evidence which...
Mar 117 min read
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Labour's disappointing review into disability and employment
Labour have enthusiastically reported that they are carrying out a review that will be the first of its kind, but it is unclear what is new
Jan 286 min read
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Turning a terrible mess into a toxic one: #Budget2023
The budget today announced a lot of stuff, and most of it I’m not qualified to comment on. I’m interested, because I have a sister with...
Mar 15, 202310 min read
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UC budgeting nightmares
I logged in to my UC journal today to see where DWP-UC is up to with paying me the right amount of money. They’ve made one correction –...
Nov 22, 20182 min read
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PIP appeal – overprepared fraud?
I had a PIP appeal today. I’ve been waiting for it for ten months. I don’t think it went well. There are some points in my favour: the...
Nov 12, 20186 min read
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The Tories have messed up my council tax
Naturally, when I’ve just got in from visiting my church’s office to ask for help because I can’t manage without paying someone to do...
Oct 15, 20183 min read
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Money matters
DWP-UC has apparently now told DWP-ESA to stop paying me. I have received, in three separate envelopes that arrived on the same day, a...
Sep 27, 20182 min read
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What they don’t tell you about the JobCentre
Yesterday I had three (!) JobCentre meetings. • One to show my housing details – the one that in my last blog I’d had to ask my housing...
Jul 26, 20185 min read
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What they don’t tell you about (applying for) Universal Credit
I didn’t know when I applied for Universal Credit that they would require three meetings to be arranged within that week, let alone why....
Jul 24, 20184 min read
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