women with visible and invisible disabilities
Good news of two legal challenges being prepared, to tackle: the refusal of critical care medical treatment to disabled people the struggle to get basic food supplied by supermarkets Access to critical care NHS treatment The NHS COVID-19 “decision support tool“, a chart used to refuse critical care to older and disabled people, has alarmed … Read more
Tonight on BBC2 at 9pm: Episode 3 of Universal Credit — Inside the Welfare State. This week’s episode from Bolton, shows the struggles of mum Paula, and Jenny, a waitress on a zero-hour contract. We haven’t seen the full programme, only the clip from the BBC. But the clip makes out that the problem is giving … Read more
More legal challenges to Universal Credit are on the way: by a man whose ESA was stopped when he was unfairly found “fit for work”; and by a single mother who lost her carer benefits as her daughter’s DLA did not continue smoothly. More information from the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) representing the claimants, is below. … Read more
UPDATE and legal info: In a great start (for us) to Esther McVey’s appointment as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, she has had to concede the PIP legal challenge. As of 20 Jan 2018, the government dropped the discriminatory rules which stop claimants with mental distress from scoring full points for mobility needs, … Read more
RF commented: ‘This judgment is important for a community of people with mental health problems fighting for their lives against discrimination.’ Public Law Project press release: High Court finds 2017 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Regulations unlawful The High Court has found that part of the rules governing Personal Independence Payments are unlawfully discriminatory against people with … Read more
Tues 12 December 2017 1pm – 2pm Vigil outside the High Court Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL Facebook event Jointly called by: Disabled People Against Cuts, Mental Health Resistance Network, WinVisible (women with visible & invisible disabilities) We are supporting a legal challenge by a woman with mental distress against the Personal Independence Payment … Read more