women with visible and invisible disabilities
On Tuesday 3 December 2019 – International Day of Disabled People at Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL Court case starts 10.30am. Go into court room 73 to support the claimants, TP and AR. Court times to be listed here. Continues Wednesday 4 December (afternoon only), Thursday 5 December, support in court needed. … Read more
Let’s look at the track record of political parties concerning benefits. Click here to read our previous chronology of the community actions from October 2010 to March 2016 which led to the resignation of the then Work and Pensions Minister Iain Duncan Smith. Note: Research done by the Spartacus Network was not included in the round-up. … Read more
The two severely disabled men, known as TP and AR, who were on ESA and claimed Universal Credit (UC) when they moved to a different area, are still battling for their severe disability premium (SDP) rights. Other single severely disabled people previously on ESA will get these — if they have no “change of circumstances” … Read more
We are taking part in the Commission on Social Security, which is led by people with personal experience of claiming benefits. The Commission is a project supported by the Trust for London, to come up with proposals on how to make the welfare benefits system better. These proposals will be put to the government. The … Read more
Here is our submission to the Labour Policy Forum about benefits and employment, done jointly with the Global Women’s Strike. Anyone can make a submission, as an individual or organisation, as a Labour Party member or guest. The consultation ends tomorrow 30 June. https://www.policyforum.labour.org.uk/commissions Labour policy review – Work, pensions and equality Joint submission from … Read more
Film director Ken Loach, who made “I, Daniel Blake” (2016) to expose the brutalities of the benefits system, has given his support to Joy Dove, mum of Jodey Whiting. Ken Loach said on Twitter: “The DWP is still failing people – it may be worse now than it was when we made I, Daniel Blake.” In … Read more
Dear friends, please attend court to show your support: Tues 27 November 2018, from 10.30am: go into Court 1 to support the claimants. High Court, Strand, London WC2A 2LL Continues Wednesday, check court listing here Single mums are in court to challenge the government over the Universal Credit (UC) payment system which is inflexible and … Read more
Our friends Mental Health Resistance Network (MHRN) have published their own wide-ranging list of demands by people with mental distress, “We Demand”, ahead of tomorrow’s conference of high-up NHS professionals, Care Quality Commission and Mind, on: “Next steps for mental health services in England – funding, care quality and efficiencies” (20 November 2018). MHRN are … Read more
Some women who lost severe disability premiums (SDPs) have been in touch with us since the judge ruled in favour of the two disabled men who lost severe disability premiums after they moved area and were made to change from ESA to Universal Credit (UC). It’s so frustrating that despite winning in court, other disabled … Read more
We submitted evidence to the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, ahead of his visit to the UK in November. This has now been published by the UN alongside other submissions. According to the Guardian newspaper, Philip Alston who is an ’eminent international human rights lawyer called for submissions from anyone in the UK to … Read more