Cameron Mathieson's family wins Supreme Court case against DWP
A family has won its legal bid to challenge limits on welfare payments to severely disabled children in hospital.
17 Jul 2015
A family has won its legal bid to challenge limits on welfare payments to severely disabled children in hospital.
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 group of over 70 prominent Catholics has called on Iain Duncan Smith to reverse his welfare reform policies aimed at disabled and vulnerable people.
Posted on 03/07/2015 by Laura Nuttall |
People who receive home care, and local watchdog Healthwatch Reading, have had an important say in deciding which domiciliary care agencies should be used by Reading Borough Council (RBC) when arranging support for local residents.
Plans to scrap part of the UK's main sickness benefit are being considered, a leaked Whitehall paper suggests.