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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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Well, that’s one…

July 27, 2010 – 6:00 am

FRIENDS of an acclaimed Scottish writer have accused the new government’s crackdown on welfare benefits of being a factor in his suicide. Paul Reekie, who, along with Irvine Welsh, was part of a wave of young Scottish authors who rose to international prominence in the 1990s, killed himself in his Edinburgh home last month. The [...]

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Mandatory Lourdes trip for DLA claimants

July 5, 2010 – 8:00 am

Chancellor George Osborne has outlined plans to cut incapacity benefit, insisting those capable of working should work, citing the example of coma patients who could easily take up gainful employment as draft excluders. His comments come as the government seeks to make further inroads into the £155bn budget deficit, with those on incapacity benefits seen [...]

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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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Monday Funnies

February 24, 2009 – 4:57 am

A couple claiming benefits who sailed part way around the world on a £100,000 yacht have been warned they face jail. Shashi Bacheta, 52, had claimed she was so ill she had trouble getting out of bed, but investigators said she would go scuba diving. Bacheta, of Swansea, admitted 16 counts relating to benefit fraud [...]

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