In this week’s episode, Beth talks about the current disability benefits situation in the UK. We talked about the cuts to disability programs, the recent surprise resignation of the mastermind behind many of these cuts, and the NHS approach to pain management—or lack thereof.
Episode page: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2016/3/29/26-disability-cuts-in-the-uk-
Links
"Welfare State in the United Kingdom” from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_state_in_the_United_Kingdom
"PIP cuts: The disability benefit cuts that sparked a Tory civil war” from The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/disability-benefit-cuts-what-is-pip-u-turn-george-osborne-why-a6943976.html#gallery
Thousands have died after being found fit for work, DWP figures show: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/27/thousands-died-after-fit-for-work-assessment-dwp-figures
"UN inquiry considers alleged UK disability rights violations” from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/20/un-inquiry-uk-disability-rights-violations-cprd-welfare-cuts
"How the Iain Duncan Smith resignation crisis unfolded” from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/20/how-the-iain-duncan-smith-resignation-crisis-unfolded
"In full: Iain Duncan Smith resignation letter” from the BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35848891
"UK’s EU Referendum" aka the ‘Brexit’ from the Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/eu-referendum
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