Scope
It’s not the benefit fraudsters who are targeted in the media, it’s the disabled
For a couple of years disabled people have been reporting increased levels of both verbal and physical abuse from members of the public. This has been confirmed this week in the results published by the charity Scope from a survey of 500 disabled people and their carers across the country.
By Anne Begg MP | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 3 August 2012 at 8:45 am
Benefits and targets: Sickness and disability are not the same
“Do you have the potential to return to work?” states Chris Grayling, Minister for Employment. It seems a very reasonable question, and when the idea of Employment Support Allowance was initially mooted during the mid noughties at a time of high employment and economic boom it was an admirable aim.
By Kaliya Franklin | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 3:05 pm
Intellectual mush from the Vickers commission
The Independent Commission on Banking can’t have it both ways. If cross-subsidy of different banking operations in times of trouble is a good thing, why is the Commission recommending ring-fencing?
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