Atos is a French-based company that holds contracts with the UK government to carry out billions of pounds worth of services But not without controversy. The government announced in 2014 that […]
In the wake of the recent bitter weather, emergency ‘cold weather payments’ have become due to thousands of low-income households across the UK – a £25 cash payment to […]
Disability support group Fightback4Justice posted shocking claims last week on its Facebook page about the DWP’s (Dept of Work and Pensions) treatment of disabled benefit claimants. The group claimed that: the […]
Someone at the DWP thought this was a good idea – an animated gif for Valentine’s Day, threatening people with prosecution for finding love and not declaring it: Claiming to […]
The SKWAWKBOX continues to have a material impact on the UK’s political landscape and narrative. Over just the last week or so, we’ve exclusively revealed that: outgoing Haringey council leader […]
Earlier this week, the SKWAWKBOX exclusively published a commitment given by the DWP (Dept of Work & Pensions) that its ‘reassessment’ of 1.6 million Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants would […]
Controversy has raged this week over Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey’s membership of the ‘advisory board’ of the Samaritans, an organisation that helps those feeling suicidal or otherwise in […]
Disability activists and others have raised concerns that the government will be reassessing all 1.6 million PIP (Personal Independence Payment) claimants – a process expected to take around four years […]
The roll-out of Universal Credit (UC) has been a national disgrace to the government and a disaster to claimants, many of whom have found themselves penniless and forced into debt […]
Last month, the BBC revealed that huge numbers of disabled people, already hard-pressed by government cuts and a level of targeting by this government amounting to persecution and condemned by […]