Damian
@damianfield.bsky.social
Head of Media & Campaigns for the UK disability charity Sense
Almost half of disabled people say the benefits application process is so stressful that it worsens their condition, according to @sensecharity research. Covered in the Guardian's Friday briefing www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Friday briefing: How do you fix Britain’s broken disability benefits system?
In today’s newsletter: Keir Starmer promised to ‘never turn our backs’ on those in need. But the government’s ‘unacceptably poor service’ is driving many disability benefit claimants towards hardship ...
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Almost half of disabled people say the benefits application process is so stressful that it worsens their condition, according to @sensecharity research. Covered in the Guardian's Friday briefing www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Public Accounts Committee says that people claiming disability benefits are getting 'unacceptably poor service'. This is no surprise- disabled people tell
@sensecharity.bsky.social again & again that getting the help they're entitled to is an ordeal www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
@sensecharity.bsky.social again & again that getting the help they're entitled to is an ordeal www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
DWP claimants received £4billion less than they were entitled to last year
The Public Accounts Committee warned people claiming disability benefits are also getting 'unacceptably poor service' - waiting on average 10 times longer for calls to be answered
www.mirror.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Public Accounts Committee says that people claiming disability benefits are getting 'unacceptably poor service'. This is no surprise- disabled people tell
@sensecharity.bsky.social again & again that getting the help they're entitled to is an ordeal www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
@sensecharity.bsky.social again & again that getting the help they're entitled to is an ordeal www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reposted by Damian
“More than half (51%) of disabled people surveyed said they felt humiliated by going through the benefits process. 45% said it had made symptoms of the condition worse.”
What a shameful indictment of our social security system. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
What a shameful indictment of our social security system. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Blind woman denied benefits because she attended DWP interview with help of mother
Charlotte Easton says she was told that as she had been able to travel to her assessment, she must be able to work
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2024 at 10:06 AM
“More than half (51%) of disabled people surveyed said they felt humiliated by going through the benefits process. 45% said it had made symptoms of the condition worse.”
What a shameful indictment of our social security system. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
What a shameful indictment of our social security system. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...