Inside the Send class war
Parents detect an element of divide and rule from politicos
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How to organise a government rebellion
Also this week: Fighting for disability rights and Labour at a crossroads.
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No one wants to pay to fix Britain
Labour backbenchers are preparing to rebel against cuts that haven’t even been announced yet.
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Inside the false economy of Rachel Reeves’ welfare cuts
As the government waters down its benefits reforms, PIP claimants reveal cuts would push them out of work – not…
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The special needs trap
What one parent’s experience reveals about a system on the brink of collapse.
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Hanif Kureishi’s interrupted life
In 2022 an accident left the novelist paralysed. His blackly comic memoir, Shattered, is a devastating portrait of an imprisoned…
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Disabled jobseekers are being shut out of finding work
The government needs to invest in tech and training to close the disability employment gap.
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Disability benefit delays are causing cancer patients’ health to worsen
People are waiting an average of 14 weeks to find out if they will get welfare payments, Macmillan research reveals.
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Disabled people shouldn’t be subject to “cruel” benefit sanctions, say charities
Jeremy Hunt wants his Budget to help “remove the barriers to work” for long-term sick and disabled people.
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The cost-of-living crisis is pushing disabled people into poverty
Benefits are not keeping up with rising bills.
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As prices rise, support for disabled people faces a £1bn shortfall
The government has not uprated disability benefits in line with inflation.
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The Paralympics needs to do better on learning disability
People with a learning disability still face barriers to participating in sport, and that has to change at all levels.
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