Tag Archives: welfare reform

PIP Court Case

By:A.C Last week Judge Patterson at the High Court in London ruled that “delays of at least nine months for Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) for these “most vulnerable” of people were unreasonable. According to a BBC Report, Minister for Disabled … Continue reading

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Losing Motability

By: A.C. It has more than abundantly clear to our readership, that the disabled under the present UK Government have been targeted for swingeing cuts on benefits and welfare. Sixteen year old Paralympian and Commonwealth Games athlete Kayleigh Haggo from … Continue reading

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The Welfare Reform Tracking Study

By: A.C. A study carried out by Edinburgh’s Napier University on behalf of the Scottish Government, entitled the Welfare Reform Tracking Study, and has been released. Details of the Study itself can be found here. The Study was carried out … Continue reading

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PIP and Reform

By: A.C. On this blog, it is quite clear from my previous articles, that I have tried to highlight the unfairness of the welfare reforms and how that causes continual uncertainty, a feeling of being “ got at” just for … Continue reading

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Welfare Reform & Charity

By:A.C. Earlier this year our Facebook page had links about the rise of Food-banks and the secret advice given to Civil Servants. It is reported that Senior Civil Servant Neil Couling, from the DWP attended the Holyrood Welfare reform Committee … Continue reading

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