A press watchdog has received hundreds of complaints about a “toxic” article by the Daily Telegraph which asked its readers to calculate how much disabled people on out-of-work benefits were contributing to the country’s “tax burden”. The Telegraph wrote that millions […]
Dr Jay Watts
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Letter calls on GP body to denounce DWP’s ‘fit for work coercion’
Improving Lives: Fears over strategy’s ‘unacceptable’ work and health links
Improving Lives: Ministers back down on ‘mandatory’ activity for ESA support group
Ministers have backed down – at least temporarily – from plans to force all sick and disabled people on out-of-work disability benefits to take part in compulsory work-related activity. There was an outcry among disabled campaigners last year when the government’s […]