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Just Worship was published in July 2024. Based on a discussion of the Law and the Prophets, Just Worship considers how we can ensure that all part of our lives - private, public, and political - bring worship, honour and glory to God.

Evidence that Labour is ignoring: the Health-Led Employment Trials

My last blog post covered the Work and Health Programme (W&HP) for disabled people who had been “identified as being capable of finding...

Mar 175 min read

Evidence that Labour is ignoring: The Work and Health Programme

The current Labour government is very keen for people with chronic illness to somehow move into work. Despite all the evidence which...

Mar 117 min read

Labour's disappointing review into disability and employment

Labour have enthusiastically reported that they are carrying out a review that will be the first of its kind, but it is unclear what is new

Jan 286 min read

How I'm doing: increased illness in 2024

I found this old blogpost from April that I had forgotten to publish at the time, about where my chronic illness had got to at that point.

Oct 23, 20248 min read

Second Class Citizens was published in September 2019. It provides a history of the UK's treatment of disabled people and the creation and subsequent degradation of the welfare state. A particular focus is given to government policies since 2010 and the neoliberal ideology and myths of welfare dependency that underpin these flawed policies.

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