In the court case taken by five disabled people against the proposed closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) , and supported by a campaign led by DPAC and Inclusion London certain documents were used. These documents are mainly correspondence between civil servants at the Government's Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) and the minister for disabled people: Esther McVey.
For anyone facing uncertainty over income due to benefit cuts,please make an appointment with your local c.a.b. Or if your illness is affiliated to a major charity like MENCAP,SCOPE,SANE,BRIT HEART FOUNDATIONhttp://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/contact-usetc. then ring and ask them for an explanation of your changed income due to welfare reform.That includes council and bedroom tax,ATOS,ESA,DLA NHS services because many have welfare benefit specialists. Carers UK and Carers Trust all have comprehensive details or a phone helpline.They are paid with public money to do this job so please make use of them.
Our human rights are under threat as a result of damaging press coverage as well as the negative attitude of the government towards our human rights legislation. Both have focused on how human rights have been used to protect suspected terrorists rights, rather than recognising the important role they play in protecting the most vulnerable in society, including disabled people and older people. Laura Matthews from our research team looks at the importance of human rights to us.
Esther McVey: Talk to the hand
A disabled person's open letter to PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka.
"They have transformed my leisure time making it possible to watch, hear or understand TV programmes which I just couldn't do without subtitles." Survey respondent