‘Happy’ Valentine’s Day – with a threat from the DWP
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 […]
Tag Archives: disability
Excl: DWP commits – no one downgraded when 1.6m #PIP claimants reassessed
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 […]
May’s McVey appointment is a huge f-you to disabled people
Monday’s ‘reshuffle’ of Theresa May’s cabinet was largely a non-event, with none of the ‘big beasts’ moved and Jeremy Hunt keeping his job by – allegedly – crying about it. […]
Sarah’s story: #UniversalCredit cost us £2,500 immediately
Sarah Spoor is a London-based full-time carer and disability activist. She appeared on Channel 5 on Wednesday and this morning will appear on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme to talk about […]
Barrister confirms expulsion unlawful – Labour compliance unit ‘incompetent’
Last night the SKWAWKBOX publicised the story of Clare Ayton-Edwards, a 70-year-old disabled woman who was expelled from the Labour Party after decades of membership for a single tweet in […]
Labour HQ unlawfully expels mentally-ill member. Ignores pleas for help
A couple of months ago, the Labour Party expelled a 70-year-old disabled member. That member, Clare Ayton-Edwards has appealed to the SKWAWKBOX to publicise her case in spite of its […]
A very different barrister needs your help
Duncan Shipley-Dalton is a long-standing friend of this blog who has given many hours of his time providing expert legal opinion on matters of importance to SKWAWKBOX readers, as a […]
Expelled, disabled member seeks help to bring McNicol to judge-ordered mediation
Labour member Rick Burgess rejoined the party at the beginning of 2016, inspired by the party’s vision under its leader Jeremy Corbyn – and just missed the retrospective cut-off […]
Read this to see whether YOU’ve been #hammeredbyHammond #Budget2017
Multimillionaire Chancellor Philip Hammond today announced his budget measures that contain huge incentives for business and huge penalties for ordinary people, as he wilfully continues the Tories failed austerity strategy […]
Atos asked disabled person ‘why haven’t you killed yourself’
I highlighted recently a series of articles on the ‘Vox Political’ blog that examine apparent ‘nudging’ of disabled benefit claimants towards suicide and how this links with other instances of psychological […]