Kemi Badenoch pledged to change the UK’s welfare culture while lashing out at young people who refuse to work because they think it is “beneath them.” The Conservative leader, who worked in McDonald’s as a youngster, said too few were willing to work their way up ‘from the bottom’ as she did. This morning, she saidContinue reading “Kemi Badenoch Criticises Young People”
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Down Syndrome: Heartbreaking Cruelty
Children with Down syndrome endured terrible abuse throughout the Victorian era. Many were left to die in hospitals, their deaths quietly attributed to “natural causes.” At home, they were frequently concealed away, sent to asylums, or disconnected from their families – out of sight, out of mind. The term “Mongol” was used back then, coinedContinue reading “Down Syndrome: Heartbreaking Cruelty”
Cuts To PIP Update As Officials Respond To Calls To Exclude Those Who ‘Cannot Work’
Calls for people with disabilities who ‘cannot work’ to be excluded from any benefits cuts have been given a major update after an official response from the Department for Work and Pensions. Millions of people on benefits are living in fear of changes set to come in November 2026. Eligibility requirements would be tightened toContinue reading “Cuts To PIP Update As Officials Respond To Calls To Exclude Those Who ‘Cannot Work’”
Corbyn ‘Disgusted’ By ‘Cruel’ Government Cuts
Rachel Reeves has received a letter from Jeremy Corbyn condemning her and the government for their proposed reductions in disability allowances. In her spring speech last month, the chancellor said that the government would be drastically reducing the welfare budget. The £4.3 billion cuts package, which included significant reform to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), isContinue reading “Corbyn ‘Disgusted’ By ‘Cruel’ Government Cuts”
Welfare Claimants To Be Given ‘Right To Try’ Work Without Risk Of Losing Their Benefits
Labour’s reform of the system will allow welfare recipients to attempt employment without fear of losing their benefits. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is expected to announce legislation to introduce a ‘right to try guarantee’ for those on health-related benefits. This will prevent people from having their entitlements automatically re-assessed if they enter employment.Continue reading “Welfare Claimants To Be Given ‘Right To Try’ Work Without Risk Of Losing Their Benefits”
Photo Firm Offers To Delete Wheelchair-Bound Kids From School Photos
When parents learned that a school photographer had reportedly offered to have kids with wheelchairs and other special needs removed from class pictures, they were appalled. Students at the small, rural Aboyne Primary School, located about west of Aberdeen, Scotland, were beaming for their school pictures, but parents reportedly had the choice to buy theContinue reading “Photo Firm Offers To Delete Wheelchair-Bound Kids From School Photos”
GP practices to host internet training sessions
NHS England is dishing out thousands of pounds to bring about a digital top-of-the-line training in GP practices, health centres and hospitals as part of a drive to teach people to utilise the internet this year. The learning centres are intended to lessen health inequalities, one of the guidelines of the Government’s requirement to theContinue reading “GP practices to host internet training sessions”
Chancellor George Osborne teams up with The Saturdays to meet Taunton youngster Elise
While it is all extremely gratifying that George Osbourne joined the Saturdays and, went to meet Taunton youngster Elise, he needs to give Iain Duncan Smith an education on compassion and, that disabilities in fact do exist and, that not everyone is faking it. Or is this all just a ruse to make the publicContinue reading “Chancellor George Osborne teams up with The Saturdays to meet Taunton youngster Elise”
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