A mother of a disabled woman who died by suicide when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) incorrectly stopped her benefits has demanded an investigation. Housebound Jodey Whiting died in 2017. Her death came just two weeks after her Employment Support Allowance (ESA) was denied because she was considered fit for work. But MsContinue reading “Cut The Benefits, Cut The Life”
Author Archives: Angela Lloyd
Strict Rules, Soaked Dignity — Hackney’s Apology Comes Bone‑Dry
The leaders of an East London academy where vulnerable pupils were found to have potentially been harmed by its disciplinary culture have declined to apologise to children affected. A safeguarding review into Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (MVPA) in Hackney, praised for its excellent academic results, concluded in December 2025 that the school’s culture of “punishment no matter what” had been “particularlyContinue reading “Strict Rules, Soaked Dignity — Hackney’s Apology Comes Bone‑Dry”
Murder On The Moor
Following the announcement of Ann Widdecombe’s passing on Friday, police have released an important update. On Friday morning, Good Morning Britain hosts Kate Garraway and Ranvir Singh interrupted the broadcast after Ann’s representative confirmed she had died at the age of 78. Ann was discovered dead at her Dartmoor house, and later on Friday, DevonContinue reading “Murder On The Moor”
A Family Forced To Job‑Hunt For A Blind, Non‑Verbal, Wheelchair‑Bound Teenager — Proof The DWP Will Grind You Down Even When You Can’t Stand Up
The parents of a severely disabled teenager say they have been forced to spend hours hunting for jobs he can’t do in a “nightmare” battle with the DWP. Connor Donnelly, from Mauchline, East Ayrshire, is wheelchair bound, blind, non-verbal and barely able to sit up after being starved of oxygen at birth. But since he turned 18 andContinue reading “A Family Forced To Job‑Hunt For A Blind, Non‑Verbal, Wheelchair‑Bound Teenager — Proof The DWP Will Grind You Down Even When You Can’t Stand Up”
Hands Off, Miriam — You Don’t Cancel An Icon For Calling For Peace
The persistent effort to deprive Miriam Margolyes, a national treasure, of her OBE is utterly disgraceful. This brave woman has only expressed her opinions. She is an 83-year-old Jewish woman who has spoken out about the ongoing atrocities in Gaza with much suffering and empathy, demanding an urgent ceasefire to end the murder of defencelessContinue reading “Hands Off, Miriam — You Don’t Cancel An Icon For Calling For Peace”
Asked For A Plaster, Got Told To Ring 999. Britain: Where Minor Injuries Get Blue‑Light Treatment
A grandmother of seven who needed a plaster after cutting her finger was refused assistance by her local pharmacy and GP – and told to call 999. Pauline Shillito hurt herself while slicing a melon in her home in Lydd, on Romney Marsh, where she lives alone. Although the injury was only minor, the 84-year-old started bleeding because she takes blood-thinning medication,Continue reading “Asked For A Plaster, Got Told To Ring 999. Britain: Where Minor Injuries Get Blue‑Light Treatment”
Ambulance Conveyance In Acute Crisis — Followed By A Discharge That Left Him Clinically Unprotected And Predictably Lost To Psychosis
Antony was taken by ambulance from his home address to Southend Hospital on Friday 3 July after experiencing tachycardia while going in and out of psychosis. He was discharged at 11:58 pm that same night, despite still being mentally unwell, and CCTV later showed him wandering around the Southend Hospital car park throughout the nightContinue reading “Ambulance Conveyance In Acute Crisis — Followed By A Discharge That Left Him Clinically Unprotected And Predictably Lost To Psychosis”
Locked In By Bureaucracy
Council chiefs in Bristol have doubled down on their refusal to make a disabled woman’s home accessible to an electric wheelchair, saying her home has ‘already undergone significant alterations’. Bristol Live reported last week that Janice Moule said she was effectively trapped in her own home and relied on her son to come and take her out,Continue reading “Locked In By Bureaucracy”
Seven Years Lost To The Wrong Fight
The NHS misdiagnosed a youngster and administered six cycles of chemotherapy. Faye Condon, 12, was wrongly diagnosed with the rare autoimmune disease Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) at age five in a mistake mum Christina says “ruined her whole childhood”. Christina pressed medical professionals at Bristol Children’s Hospital (BCH) to check for additional illnesses since she wasContinue reading “Seven Years Lost To The Wrong Fight”
Twenty‑Six Years Of Building A Life — And Now They Want To Tear A Family Apart
A Jamaican man who has lived more than half his life in the UK is facing deportation to his home country in one of the first cases since new anti-immigration measures were announced in last week’s immigration bill. Mark Nelson, 46, came to the UK in 2000 and set up his own car-mechanic business. He hasContinue reading “Twenty‑Six Years Of Building A Life — And Now They Want To Tear A Family Apart”
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