by Frances Ryan
7 Jon Stone, ‘The DWP is cutting a disability benefit that already leaves a third of recipients struggling to afford food’, Independent, independent.co.uk, 8 December 2015.
8 The New Policy Institute (NPI), ‘Disability and poverty’, npi.org.uk, 11 August 2016.
9 Ibid.
10 Heriot-Watt University for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ‘Destitution in the UK’, jrf.org.uk, June 2018.
11 Ibid.
12 Patrick Butler, ‘Destitution is back: And we can’t just ignore it’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 3 July 2016.
13 Ibid.
14 Patrick Butler, Matthew Taylor and James Ball, ‘Welfare cuts will cost disabled people £28bn over five years’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 27 March 2013.
15 Patrick Butler, ‘Welfare spending for UK’s poorest shrinks by £37bn’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 23 September 2018.
16 Claudia Wood, ‘The government has a duty to assess the impact of its benefit cuts’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 27 March 2013.
17 Scope and Demos, ‘The hardest hit of the hardest hit’, scope.org.uk, 26 March 2013.
18 Channel 4 News Online, ‘Disabled people “hit by multiple benefit cuts” ’, channel4.com, 27 March 2013.
19 Simon Duffy, ‘A fair society? How the cuts target disabled people’, the Centre for Welfare Reform, centreforwelfarereform.org, January 2013.
20 Andrew Hood, Agnes Norris Keiller and Tom Waters, ‘Significant cuts to two parts of the benefit system to be phased in from next week’, Institute for Fiscal Studies, ifs.org.uk, 30 March 2017.
21 BBC News, ‘Universal Credit: Charities’ disability benefits warning’, bbc.co.uk, 17 October 2012.
22 Equality and Human Rights Commission, ‘The cumulative impact of tax and welfare reforms’, equalityhumanrights.com, 14 March 2018.
23 Robert Winnett, ‘500,000 to lose disability benefit’, Daily Telegraph, telegraph.co.uk, 13 May 2012.
24 BBC News, ‘Disability living allowance replaced by PIP scheme’, bbc.co.uk, 8 April 2013.
25 BBC News, ‘Disabled benefit delays “a fiasco”, say MPs’, bbc.co.uk, 20 June 2014.
26 Work and Pensions Select Committee, ‘PIP, ESA trust deficit fails claimants and the public purse’, parliament.uk, 14 February 2018.
27 May Bulman, ‘Nearly half of disabled people reassessed under Government’s new benefit system had financial support withdrawn or reduced’, Independent, independent.co.uk, 14 December 2017.
28 Robert Winnett, ‘500,000 to lose disability benefit’, Daily Telegraph, telegraph.co.uk, 13 May 2012.
29 Rowena Mason, ‘Benefit reforms will end “something-for-nothing culture”, says Duncan Smith’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 1 October 2013.
30 Peter Walker, ‘Benefit cuts are fuelling abuse of disabled people, say charities’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 5 February 2012.
31 Simon Walters, ‘I will go after the bogus disabled – some of them DO get better’, Mail on Sunday, dailymail.co.uk, 30 March 2013.
32 Will Worley, ‘Disability benefits should go to “really disabled people” not “anxiety sufferers”, says Theresa May’s adviser’, Independent, independent.co.uk, 26 February 2017.
33 Scope, ‘Extra costs: The financial penalty of disability’, scope.org.uk, 20 February 2018.
34 Scope, ‘Sky-high energy costs leave disabled people in the cold’, scope.org.uk, 13 January 2017.
35 Money Advice Centre and CACI, ‘One in six people in the UK burdened with financial difficulties’, moneyadviceservice.org.uk, 19 September 2017.
36 Scope, ‘Disabled people and financial well-being: Credit and debt’, scope.org.uk, July 2013.
37 Ibid.
38 Scope, ‘Financial crisis deepens for disabled people’, scope.org.uk, 22 July 2013.
39 Citizens Advice, ‘Doorway to debt’, citizensadvice.org.uk, 19 March 2018.
40 Alex Campbell, ‘Benefits changes: Warnings as crisis loans scrapped’, BBC News, bbc.co.uk, 29 March 2013.
41 Ibid.
42 Patrick Butler, ‘ “Local welfare” schemes in England on brink of collapse, says report’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 14 October 2018.
43 Ibid
44 Patrick Butler, ‘Homeless? Here, have a tent …’, Guardian, theguardian. com, 3 June 2013.
45 University of Oxford and the Trussell Trust, ‘Financial insecurity, food insecurity, and disability’, trusselltrust.org, June 2017.
46 Ibid.
2 Work
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2 Ros Wynne Jones, ‘Family of soldier David Clapson who died after benefit sanctions lodge formal demand for inquest’, Daily Mirror, mirror.co.uk, 1 November 2016.
3 Claudia Tanner, ‘Diabetic woman, 27, died after slipping into a coma when her benefits were stopped and she “couldn’t afford to eat” ’, i News, inews.co.uk, 11 October 2018.
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6 Ben Baumberg Geiger and Demos, ‘New research sets out how a better WCA is possible’, demos.co.uk, 20 February 2018.
7 Dan Bloom, ‘More than 5,000 sick and disabled benefit claimants have been sanctioned for 6 months’, Daily Mirror, mirror.co.uk, 17 August 2017.
8 The University of York et al., ‘WelCond project’, york.ac.uk, 22 May 2018.
9 Ben Baumberg Geiger and Demos, ‘New research sets out how a better WCA is possible’, demos.co.uk, 20 February 2018.
10 Patrick Butler, ‘Benefit sanctions: The 10 trivial breaches and administrative errors’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 24 March 2015.
11 John Pring, ‘DWP sanctions claimants “by any means necessary”, MPs are told’, Disability News Service, disabilitynewsservice.com, 17 May 2018.
12 Liverpool Echo, ‘Esther McVey says benefit sanctions “teach” job seekers to take hunt for work seriously’, liverpoolecho.co.uk, 20 November 2013.
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14 Dan Bloom, ‘More than 5,000 sick and disabled benefit claimants have been sanctioned for 6 months’, Daily Mirror, mirror.co.uk, 17 August 2017.
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17 Patrick Butler, ‘Charities urge ministers to drop planned cuts to work support allowance’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 27 October 2015.
18 Jay Watts, ‘No wonder people on benefits live in fear. Supermarkets spy on them now’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 31 May 2018.
19 Martyn Brown, ‘Iain Duncan Smith aims fresh broadside at UK’s sick and disabled’, Daily Express, express.co.uk, 24 August 2015.
20 Daily Express, ‘Crackdown on sick-note culture will help the UK’, express.co.uk, 23 August 2015.
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24 Kevin Clark, ‘Hartlepool man found dead on beach after sickness benefits stopped’, Hartlepool Mail, hartlepoolmail.co.uk, 17 August 2017.
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28 Hannah Fearn, ‘Government fitness for work test is making disabled people sicker, report claims’, Independent, independent.co.uk, 3 March 2015.
29 Jonathan Portes, ‘Welfare savings and incapacity benefits’, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, niesr.ac.uk, 16 April 2015.
30 Oliver Wright, ‘DWP fit-to-work assessments cost more money than they save, report reveals’, Independent, independent.co.uk, 8 January 2016.
31 Press Association, ‘Disabled benefit claimants to get extra £1.7bn after underpayments’, theguardian.com, 17 October 2018.
32 National Audit Office, ‘Investigation into errors in Employment and Support Allowance’, nao.org.uk, 21 March 2018.
33 Nick Sommerlad, ‘Disabled benefits blunder means 15,000 died before getting share of £970million’, Daily Mirror, mirror.co.uk, 19 December 2018.
34 EHRC, ‘Being disabled in Britain: A journey less equal’, equalityhumanrights.com, 3 April 2017.
35 National Autistic Society, ‘The autistic employment gap’, autism.org.uk, 21 February 2017.
36 BBC News, ‘Learning disability employment rate “unacceptable” ’, bbc.co.uk, 4 December 2015.
37 Sonali Shah and Mark Priestley, Disability and Social Change, Policy Press, 2011. p. 121.
38 Ibid.
39 Office of National Statistics, ‘A08: Labour market status of disabled people’, ons.gov.uk, 13 November 2018.
40 John Vale and Georgina Stubbs, ‘Theresa May reveals plan to get one million more disabled people into work’, Independent, independent.co.uk, 30 November 2017.
41 Victoria Wass and Melanie Jones, ‘A tale of two commitments: Tracking progress on disability and employment’, Cardiff Business School, disability-atwork.co.uk, 2017.
42 Scope, ‘Disabled people shut out of job market due to workplace bias’, scope.org.uk, 28 September 2017.
43 Leonard Cheshire, ‘Seven out of ten disabled workers failed by employers’ leonardchesire.org, 21 February 2019.
44 Randeep Ramesh, ‘Only 3.5% of people referred to Work Programme find long-term jobs’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 27 November 2012.
45 Employment Related Services Association, ‘New report finds gap between government ambition and reality for supporting disabled jobseekers’, ersa.org.uk, 24 October 2016.
46 Ibid.
47 Work and Pensions Select Committee, ‘The future of the European Social Fund inquiry’, parliament.uk, 4 April 2018.
48 Emma Munbodh, ‘DWP to shut 68 Jobcentres across Britain with 750 jobs at risk – The full list of branches affected’, Daily Mirror, mirror.co.uk, 7 July 2017.
49 Office for National Statistics, ‘Internet users in the UK’, ons.gov.uk, 19 May 2017.
50 Gov.uk, ‘Strategy seeks one million more disabled people in work by 2027’, gov.uk, 30 November 2017.
51 Scope, ‘Disabled people fear losing their jobs and hide impairments to stay in work’, scope.org.uk, 14 February 2017.
52 Scope, ‘Data reveals government will fail on pledge to get one million more disabled people into work without rapid action’, scope.org.uk, 1 September 2017.
53 Tarani Chandola and Nan Zhang, ‘Re-employment, job quality, health and allostatic load biomarkers: Prospective evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study’, International Journal of Epidemiology, 2018, 47(1), 47–57.
54 Papworth Trust, ‘Facts and figures 2018: Disability in the U.K.’, 2018.
55 S. Longhi, ‘Research report 107: The disability pay gap’, Equality and Human Rights Commission, equalityhumanrights.com, August 2017.
56 Ibid.
57 Nicholas Watt and Patrick Wintour, ‘Welfare reform minister: Some disabled people “not worth” minimum wage’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 15 October 2014.
58 Nicola Slawson, ‘Philip Hammond causes storm with remarks about disabled workers’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 7 December 2017.
59 John Pring, ‘Labour MP told to quit influential post after “offensive” minimum wage call’, Disability News Service, disabilitynewsservice.com, 21 September 2017.
60 Channel 4 News, ‘Disabled people “should work for less”, says MP’, channel4.com, 17 June 2011.
61 John Pring, ‘Duncan Smith refuses to apologize over ‘exploitative’ comments’, Disability News Service, October 25 2018.
62 EHRC, ‘Measuring and reporting on disability and ethnicity pay gaps’, equalityhumanrights.com, 15 August 2017.
63 Papworth Trust, ‘Facts and figures 2018: Disability in the United Kingdom’, 2018.
64 EHRC, ‘Being disabled in Britain: A journey less equal’, equalityhumanrights.com, 3 April 2017.
65 Leonard Cheshire and ComRes, ‘One in five employers say they would be less likely to employ a disabled person’, leonardcheshire.org, 14 December 2017.
66 Papworth Trust, ‘Facts and figures 2018: Disability in the U.K.’, 2018.
67 BBC News, ‘ “Shocking” disability access to shops’, bbc.co.uk, 6 December 2014.
68 Gwyn Topham, ‘Bus services in “crisis” as councils cut funding, campaigners warn’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 2 July 2018.
69 GMB, ‘Thinking Differently at Work’ neurodiversity campaign, gmb.org.uk, October 2018.
70 Scope, ‘Disabled people fear losing their jobs and hide impairments to stay in work’, scope.org.uk, 14 February 2017.
71 Public Interest Research Unit, ‘New study finds workplace hell for disabled workers’, dpac.uk.net, 30 April 2015.
72 Scope, ‘Disabled people fear losing their jobs and hide impairments to stay in work’, scope.org.uk, 14 February 2017.
73 Scope, ‘Current attitudes towards disabled people’, scope.org.uk, 1 May 2014.
74 Guardian, ‘Editorial: The Guardian view on legal aid: Cuts have caused chaos and must be reversed’, theguardian.com, 12 August 2018.
75 Frances Ryan, ‘Disabled workers can’t afford justice to deal with workplace harassment’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 6 January 2016.
76 Ibid.
77 Owen Boycott, ‘Legal aid cuts creating two-tier justice system, says Amnesty’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 11 October 2016.
78 Anushka Asthana, ‘Number of legal aid providers falls 20% in five years, figures show’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 19 September 2017.
3 Independence
1 Heather Stewart and Denis Campbell, ‘Theresa May pledges to seek long-term solution to social care squeeze’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 14 December 2016.
2 John Pring, ‘Government’s social care plans side-line needs of working-age people’ Disability News Service, disabilitynewsservice.com, 23 November 2017.
3 Gov.uk, ‘Community care statistics: social services activity, England – 2015 to 2016 report’, gov.uk, 5 October 2016.
4 Leonard Cheshire, ‘The state of social care in Great Britain in 2016’, leonardcheshire.org, 23 November 2016.
5 Scope, ‘Disabled people’s experiences of social care’, scope.org.uk, no date 2015.
6 Patrick Butler, ‘UN panel criticises UK failure to uphold disabled people’s rights’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 31 August 2017.
7 Care and Support Alliance, ‘Disabled people left without the care they need, in breach of the law’, careandsupportalliance.com, 24 October 2018.
8 Ibid.
9 Local Government Association, ‘Councils take over 1,000 people to court for “social care debt” ’, local.gov.uk, 6 June 2018.
10 Ibid.
11 Local Government Association, ‘LGA launches own green paper as adult social care reaches breaking point’, local.gov.uk, 31 July 2018; Andy Bounds, ‘Local councils to see ce
ntral funding fall 77% by 2020’, Financial Times, ft.com, 4 July 2017.
12 Southwark Carers, ‘Meals on wheels under threat as more councils drop service due to cuts’, southwarkcarers.org.uk, no date 2016.
13 Ibid.
14 Patrick Butler, ‘New “big society” bid to boost charities’ role in public services’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 8 August 2018.
15 Ibid.
16 Steven Swinford, ‘Women will have to give up work to look after parents unless EU care workers are given priority after Brexit’, Daily Telegraph, telegraph.co.uk, 5 August 2018.
17 Patrick Butler, ‘East Sussex council set to cut services to bare legal minimum’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 3 August 2018.
18 Frances Ryan, ‘We must help the disabled people facing imprisonment at home’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 15 May 2014.
19 BBC News, ‘Disabled people win living fund case against government’, bbc.co.uk, 6 November 2013.
20 BBC News, ‘Independent Living Fund closure ruled lawful’, bbc.co.uk, 8 December 2014.
21 Inclusion London, ‘One year on: Evaluating the impact of the closure of the Independent Living Fund’, inclusionlondon.org.uk, 5 September 2016.
22 Jessica Elgot, ‘Disability activists block House of Commons entrance in cuts protest’, Guardian, theguardian.com, 19 July 2017.
23 Victoria Brignell, ‘When the disabled were segregated’, New Statesman, newstatesman.com, 15 December 2010.
24 Ibid.
25 BBC Lancashire, ‘Forty years of Chronically Sick & Disabled Persons Act’, bbc.co.uk, 21 May 2010.
26 In Control, ‘Independent living survey 2016’, in-control.org.uk, 21 November 2016.
27 Ibid.
28 May Bulman, ‘NHS cost cutting leaving disabled people “interned” in care homes’, Independent, independent.co.uk, 25 October 2017.
29 Ibid.
30 EHRC, ‘NHS facing court action over unlawful policies’, equalityhumanrights.com, 19 March 2018.
31 MS Society, ‘Younger people with MS stuck in care homes for older people’, mssociety.org.uk, 14 November 2017.
32 May Bulman, ‘ ‘‘I’ve been wearing the same pyjamas all year’’: Plight of care home residents laid bare in damning report’, Independent, independent.co.uk, 9 May 2018.