Results for: Disability Benefits

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s proposal to tighten eligibility criteria for sickness and disability benefits has been met with criticism, as experts argue that such measures have historically failed to reduce the number of claimants and can be harmful to disabled people’s health. The article highlights the need for investment in infrastructure and day-to-day spending to keep people well and working, as well as the importance of addressing the social determinants of health such as income, housing, and education.

Living on disability benefits in the UK comes with a heavy stigma. The author, who suffers from a serious mental illness, shares her experiences of discrimination and the challenges of balancing her health with financial constraints. Despite the difficulties, she believes that benefits are a necessary lifeline for those who are unable to work due to ill health. She argues that wages are too low and business owners take too much salary, and calls for a fairer society where everyone has the opportunity to live a decent life.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a crackdown on benefit claimants, with major changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP), new powers for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to impose fines, and an attack on what he called “sick note culture.” These changes could see millions of benefit claimants’ payments reduced or stopped entirely, as the government tries to lower the UK’s growing benefits bill. Disability charity Scope has described the welfare reforms as “dangerous” and a “full-on assault on disabled people.”