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Computer says “no”

July 30, 2010 – 3:44 am

Work and pensions minister Chris Grayling is conducting an urgent review into a new medical test for incapacity benefit after fresh figures showed only 6% of those tested were deemed to be totally incapable of working. The figures, covering all new claims from October 2008 to the end of November 2009, show 39% are being [...]

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We regret to inform you that the disabled will be mugged by their government (twice)

June 23, 2010 – 2:31 am

This is going to be a longer and much sharper post than I had originally intended. What first came to mind was an open letter to the new Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, pointing out a simple £50 million cost saving to the welfare bill, but then yesterday the new coalition government handed [...]

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I am not an underclass

November 24, 2009 – 3:10 am

Disability sucks. I just thought you should know that. It’s sometimes painful, always inconvenient and inclined to bite gaping holes out of your self esteem. Most people are pretty reliable: they get up in the morning, go to work or school during the week and kick back on the weekends doing activities they enjoy once [...]

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Right Dishonourable Members: Do unto others… not us!

October 14, 2009 – 4:53 am

Some MPs are planning to challenge requests they repay money following an independent review of expenses claims. Auditor Sir Thomas Legg has reviewed second homes expenses claims since 2004 and applied new retrospective limits on allowances for gardening and cleaning. Labour’s Martin Salter, who does not claim for a second home, said some MPs were [...]

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