women with visible and invisible disabilities
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
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
Single mum carer and disabled daughter, ESA woman, lost added disability amounts Please come along, or support in other ways: #StopandScrap Universal Credit Wed 23 January 2019 at High Court, Strand, London WC2A 2LL Court case 10.30am. Go into court 18 to support the claimants, TD, AD and Ms Reynolds. Cases listed here. Continues Thursday 24 January, support … 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
Several legal challenges at tribunal and then High Court have forced the government to repay around £1.67bn in benefits to an estimated 180,000 low-income sick and disabled people, which they were wrongly denied since 2011. Well done to Ms H, a woman who was wrongly found fit for work, one of those who went to tribunal. She challenged being … Read more