Leading Catholics tell Iain Duncan Smith to change course on welfare reform
A group of over 70 prominent Catholics has called on Iain Duncan Smith to reverse his welfare reform policies aimed at disabled and vulnerable people.
16 Jul 2015
A group of over 70 prominent Catholics has called on Iain Duncan Smith to reverse his welfare reform policies aimed at disabled and vulnerable people.
There's a paradox in the way Employment & Support Allowance was built. It affects 5,000 of the 2.5 million ESA claimants. Very few people know about it, and even fewer care. I'm one of those 5,000 people. This group includes people with degenerative conditions like Alzheimer's dementia, or people with static but permanent conditions like my untreatable neurogenetic sleep disorder. The BBC confirmed what those of us who keep an eye on welfare have known for a while; that the Government is considering eliminating part of ESA and forcing those people to claim JSA. For us 5,000, this is a perfect storm of awfulness.
A family has won its legal bid to challenge limits on welfare payments to severely disabled children in hospital.
It has been revealed in the July Emergency Budget that, from April 2017, anyone making a claim for the disability benefit Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and placed in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) will receive a reduced level of benefit, equal to that of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA).
Misunderstood and neglected for more than 25 years, there is suddenly new hope for people diagnosed with what was once cruelly called "yuppy flu"
Yesterday's emergency budget statement has left many of you wondering how changes to certain benefits will affect you. In this blog, Andy from our Policy & Campaigns team explains the main points.