REVIEW ON PAYING PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE PAYMENT
UK Minister Mel Stride has announced plans to overhaul the way disability benefits work, aiming to put pressure on Labour before a general election. The plans include changes to eligibility criteria and assessments, aiming to change personal independence payments (Pip), the main disability benefit for adults. Stride argued that the Continue Reading
Wheelchair Demo in London
Today protesters have gathered in the West End to campaign against the government’s welfare reform bill. Oxford Street, Regent Street and Oxford Circus have been brought to a standstill as people in wheelchairs chained themselves together. Campaigners from disability groups and direct action group UK Uncut chanted and waved banners Continue Reading
