This is the third blog in a series looking at various employment support programmes that have tried to support sick and disabled people...

There are so many issues with Liz Kendall’s speech today, and the Green Paper proposals, that it is really hard to know where to begin....

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

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

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

One of the government’s most common tropes when it is discussing welfare is a desire to focus support on ‘the most needy’. Superficially...

The UK PM perpetuates the myth of the sick note culture, as an excuse to cut support to sick and disabled people.

This is a guest post by Robert Hoch (Yidokodiltona), who wrote a review of my book, Second Class Citizens: The Treatment of Disabled...

Conservative Home has started a series of posts at looking at ways to reduce the demand for government. The first post, by David...

I was pleased to be able to watch, over zoom, the second ‘Accessing the Divine’ conference, held by Boston Theological Inter-religious...

The budget today announced a lot of stuff, and most of it I’m not qualified to comment on. I’m interested, because I have a sister with...

I recently started watching the series SAS: Who Dares Wins, right from the first series. I’ve found it quite addictive, possibly in part...

Yesterday I came across this tweet from Heather Renee Morgan, @H_R_Morgan: “"Stand if you are able" isn't the inclusive statement people...

My church currently runs weekly evening sessions where we get to discuss or hear about slightly ‘wider’ issues or perhaps one might say...