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Unsure about disability? Lets debate.
In a challenging piece earlier this year Kaliya Franklin - disability rights activist, founder of the Broken of Britain campaign against welfare cuts, and co-author of the Responsible Reform...
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Beyond basket weaving?
Like the Paralympics, Remploy – the oldest and the biggest employer of disabled people in the country – was established after World War II to provide employment for injured soldiers, and it has...
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Work, welfare and the disabling state
Recent moves toward a more personalised and cost-effective way of supporting people with disabilities in the workplace are to be welcomed. However as with all ‘support’ provided by the state to its...
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After the Riots … just fire-fighting?
I was invited to speak earlier today at the London Asian Fire Service Association conference The Riots – A Year On. This is what I had to say. There is something to be said for the view – often held to...
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What’s so great about the welfare state?
First published on Spiked Defenders of the welfare state seem blissfully unaware of how it encourages growing numbers of people to become permanently entangled in a supposed ‘safety net’. Asbjorn Wahl...
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Bringing back working class values?
First published in Culture Wars and republished for the sp!ked review of books Public services cannot be sustained at their current level. They are under unprecedented pressure from the global...
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Universal Credit Where Credit is Due?
First published in Huffington Post On Monday 29 April the ‘revolution’ began. The government’s Universal Credit Scheme designed both to simplify the benefits system and disincentivise dependency on it...
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