The government appears to have finally admitted that it could carry out an assessment of the overall impact of its cuts and reforms on disabled people… if it had the right "tools".
Once again I've been inundated with complaints about my Tory successor. Email/phone red hot etc…
Pack a heavy coat, folks, we're going to Finland. The Finnish Social Insurance Institution, also known as Kela, has begun work on a proposal that would guarantee a basic income to every citizen of the small Nordic nation. This system of a universal state-facilitated payment delivered to every Finnish person would transform the state's welfare system and potentially provide a blueprint for other countries looking to build a different kind of economy.
I am appalled.
The War on Welfare (WoW) petition gathered over 104,000 signatures demanding a Cumulative Impact Assessment of austerity on sick and disabled people and their families. But the government has responded with a flat refusal to do so. This constitutes a(nother) massive 'F*ck you' to sick and disabled people (and their families) across Britain, from a government who refuse to find out the true cost of their cuts.
Figures from the worlds of entertainment and sport have joined a cross-party campaign to boost the funding of mental health...
