It is two months since the General Election and already the past feels like another country. Two parties who didn’t seem to agree on anything are now in government together – and between them they have somehow agreed that the National Health Service should be consigned to the dustbin of history. I don’t recall either [...]
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The NHS: This is The End
Posted in Health, Politics, The Coalition, Welfare on July 19, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Those Bloody (DLA) Forms
Posted in Budget, Disability, Politics, The Coalition, Welfare on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I n a previous life, I worked as a welfare rights adviser and eventually managed free legal advice services for carers and disabled people living in one of the poorest London boroughs. Much, much of our work involved resolving problems with claims for Disability Living Allowance (DLA). In my time I have been to tribunals [...]
