Claimants getting a lifetime or indefinite award of disability living allowance (DLA)in a further 29 postcode areas are now being forced to try to claim personal independence payment (PIP) instead. Originally no transfers from DLA to PIP were planned to take place before October 2015.
Stunned: Cancer sufferer Michael Ward has been told by the Job Centre he is not doing enough to find a job
On Friday 11th September Parliament will, once again, debate assisted dying. And, yet again, opinions are polarised. Everyone has their own views on the matter, should the legislation allowing assisted suicide be in place or is it the thin end of the wedge and should it remain illegal. Just like many people, I have strong feelings on the issue.
It's Fibromyalgia awareness week 6-12 September 2015. So do you know what Fibromyalgia is? Unfortunately lots of people are still not aware of the condition or the terrible effects it has on both sufferers and their families.
A deaf benefit claimant had his Job Seekers Allowance wrongly docked for four weeks by the Department for Work and Pensions, a judge has ruled.
Just like 18,000 others on the Independent Living Fund, Gabriel Pepper was promised he'd be looked after. He says the reality is very different