As sickness benefit cuts take effect, thousands face hard times
Paul Farmer, chief executive of the mental health charity Mind warned: “Most people with mental health problems need longer than 12 months of support before they are ready to seek employment”. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online
Read MoreDisabled people face unlimited unpaid work or cuts in benefit
Mental health groups and charities attack plans drawn up by Department for Work and Pensions. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online.
Read MoreThe care system is in crisis. To deny this is woefully wrong
Without urgent reform, the social care system will fail the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on its services. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online.
Read MoreWe are right to fear proposed changes to the disability living allowance
The reform process has been amateurish and high-handed: a review is the only way to rebuild confidence in government policy. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online.
Read MoreKen Clarke’s legal aid plans will not protect those most in need
If you don’t deal with someone’s debt case early, it can spiral precipitously into physical and mental health degradation, relationship breakdown and homelessness, leading to a cost to the state further down the line. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online.
Read MoreYouth unemployment crisis warning: A ‘lost generation’ blighted by debt, depression and self-loathing Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2062493/Lost-generation-blighted-unemployment-risk-debt-depression-self-loathing-warn-experts.
Soaring youth unemployment is creating a ‘lost generation’ of young people who are at risk of debt, depression and self-loathing, experts warned yesterday. Click here for full article. With thanks to Daily Mail online.
Read MoreJust one in 20 accepted for new disability allowance
ONLY one out of every 20 people applying for disability benefits in Wales is having their application accepted, it has emerged. Click here for full article. With thanks to Wales News online.
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