Mo Stewart

Benefits and Poverty

August 16, 2018 0

Disability charity’s appointment of Unum boss as new chair ‘is truly disgraceful’

A disability charity’s decision to choose as its new chair the head of a company closely linked with the government’s hated “fitness for work” test has been branded “a betrayal” of disabled people and “a truly disgraceful appointment”. United Response, which provides a range of support services to about 3,000 disabled people across England

Disabled researcher’s book exposes ‘corporate demolition of welfare state’

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A string of activists, academics, politicians and journalists have welcomed the publication of a new book by a disabled researcher which exposes how successive governments have planned the “demolition of the welfare state”. Mo Stewart has spent eight years researching the influence of the US insurance giant Unum over successive UK governments, and how

Mental health charity sparks concerns after Unum link-up

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A mental health charity has been heavily criticised for its decision to announce a partnership with a controversial US insurance giant that has made significant financial gains from government incapacity benefit reforms that it influenced through its lobbying. The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) said the new partnership with Unum would see the two organisations

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Disability charity’s appointment of Unum boss as new chair ‘is truly disgraceful’

Disabled researcher’s book exposes ‘corporate demolition of welfare state’

Mental health charity sparks concerns after Unum link-up