Today 5 March 2021, to mark one year since we lost Rev Paul, his daughter Krissie Nicolson kindly interviewed WinVisible about our memories of her Dad. Read it here on the Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) blog. Krissie is doing a series of interviews with people who knew him, and a memorial event is to be held on 13 November in Tottenham. See the TAP blog for more info.
Fight for £20 more for claimants on other benefits We invite everyone to join the 2nd UK Day of Action to keep the £20 increase to Universal Credit and extend it to other benefits. Ahead of the Budget on Wednesday 3 March. Called by Disabled People Against Cuts. Follow us on Twitter on Monday 1 March @WinVisibleWomen On the first day of action, 6 February 2021, there were actions UK-wide online and socially distanced. Including in Birmingham, Darlington, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lancaster, Portsmouth, and from the North of Ireland. Communities and groups of all kinds want … Read more
Say NO to the proposed £20 per week cut to Universal Credit Fight for £20 increase for claimants on other benefits We invite everyone to join the National Day of Action to fight plans to scrap the £20 uplift to Universal Credit. Called by Disabled People Against Cuts, Homes For All campaign and People Before Profit. Follow us on Twitter tomorrow @WinVisibleWomen #20More4All because ESA, JSA, Carers Allowance have not been increased. They are asking people to: “Take and share selfies on the day using the hashtags #20More4All and #NoCutsToBenefits. – Put a poster in … Read more
The inquest in Nottingham into the death of Philippa Day has concluded. Her sister, Imogen Day says: “Support from her community psychiatric nurse and from her family kept her going. But the constant cold and unsympathetic wall of resistance that she met at Capita and the DWP was more than she could endure. The refusal of a home assessment by Capita was just too much for Pip to cope with. We believe she just couldn’t take any more.” At WinVisible, we are battling the brutal benefits system automatically churning out reassessments and interviews by the … Read more
On 12 & 13 January, a judicial review regarding Errol Graham, who tragically starved to death after his disability benefits were cut off, will be heard at the High Court online. His son’s fiancée, Alison Turner, is courageously bringing the case, with Leigh Day solicitors. The hearing will consider why Mr Graham’s Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) was stopped by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) when they knew he had severe mental distress. This legal case against the DWP is even more urgent during the lockdowns while it’s harder to access support and … Read more
News shared from Leigh Day solicitors, Joy Dove’s lawyers: Jodey Whiting’s family given permission to apply for second inquest into her death The family of Jodey Whiting has been granted permission to apply to the High Court for a fresh inquest into her death after new evidence was submitted about the effect on her of a Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) decision to halt the benefits on which she was entirely dependent. 11 November 2020 “Jodey’s mother, Joy Dove, was granted permission by the office of the Attorney General following her submission that the … Read more
Dear friends, Your views and support are needed on new proposals for the benefits system from the Commission on Social Security, a claimants’ panel. Please share this with your friends and networks. Responses to the questionnaire needed by 31 October Disabled mothers and family carers on the Commission, including us, pressed for proposals to include a living wage for carers of disabled people. And to extend this to mothers. A living wage would recognise the unwaged work which mothers and other carers do, including disabled women ourselves, to ensure the survival and welfare of people … Read more
This Friday morning, WinVisible is speaking at an online event for the Right to Food, held on UN World Food Day. Webinar 10am to 11am. Free registration here This webinar is organised by the Right to Food project at Sustain: the Alliance for Better Food and Farming and HEAR the pan-equality London network, as part of London Challenge Poverty Week. Info below from the joint organisers: “We will hear from speakers about what they believe needs to happen in order to ensure that all Londoners have their right to food respected.“ About this Event “On this webinar we will hear from … Read more