Being dependent on others is not a failing, it’s what living is all about

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,138 Sunday 05 July 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Britain under the boot heels of the Tories! As we blunder into the chaos of the transition of support for disabled people from the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) to, as yet, unknown local authority provision the […]

The DWP will starve you to death for trying to pay for your own funeral

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,042 Sunday 29 March 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, The Disability News Service (DNS) yesterday reported that a terminally ill woman “risked being charged with an ‘offence’ and would lose part of her benefits if she used an insurance policy windfall to pay for her own funeral”. What […]