Farmers protest tax changes with tractor convoys
More than 70 tractors drove in convoy around Gloucestershire earlier to protest against inheritance tax changes. In October, ...
New DWP PIP plan could see thousands of disability claimants have benefits stopped
New proposals suggest that Personal Independence Payment (PIP) could be stopped for those with mental health conditions ...
Inside DWP's new PIP plan that could see thousands of claimants have disability benefits stopped
New proposals suggest that Personal Independence Payment (PIP) could be stopped for those with mental health conditions, with ...
The DWP plan that would see these PIP claimants getting their payments stopped
The majority of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims are for psychiatric illnesses, accounting for 1.4 million (38 per ...
New DWP PIP proposals would scrap benefits for mental health claimants
The new proposals for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) would see the majority of ...
New DWP PIP shake-up could see payments stopped for mental health claimants
The Centre for Social Justice is calling for Personal Independence Payments for mental ill-health to be stopped and for those individuals to instead receive targeted support ...
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High Court does not have capacity to preside over assisted dying bill, warns retired judge
Labour MP Simon Opher now asks about the six-month prognostic ... for a free vote - meaning MPs weren't pressured to vote along party lines. Focusing on a key issue opposers of the bill have ...
Call to ban smartphones in school amid warnings over toll of social media on young people's health
Social media use is fuelling a crisis over young people's mental health, a think tank has warned, backing urgent calls for schools to become smartphone free zones.
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Simon Opher column in the SNJ and the Gazette series
It is quite a job. Last week, for example, in no particular order, in addition to attending a number of debates, I met colleagues in APPGs (All Party Parliamentary Groups) about the WASPI women and ...