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News and analysis of changes to the benefits system and what they mean for disabled people and carers.

Britain’s first Workplace Health System 0 comments

Plans unveiled for Britain’s first Workplace Health System Every year, around 300,000 people with a health condition leave their job. A new government-backed plan aims to stop many of them [...]

Disabled People’s Cabinet Forum 1 comment

Scotland’s First Disabled People’s Cabinet Forum: Report Reveals What Disabled People Told Ministers The Scottish Government has published its report on the first Disabled People’s Cabinet Forum, a “first-of-its-kind” event [...]

The Timms Review 2 comments

Timms Review into PIP finds it is “not fit for purpose” Update 11 September – co-chairs share emerging recommendations for testing The three co-chairs of the Timms Review, Dr Clenton [...]

Radical Social Re-engineering 0 comments

Mo Stewart’s Observations on Philip Alston’s Report In November 2018, Professor Philip Alston, then the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, visited the UK and concluded that [...]

An end to political harm? 0 comments

Mo Stewart – Time to end political harm (external links below will open in a new browser tab or window) Currently watching the new occupant of Number 10 with a [...]

First, do no harm 0 comments

‘First, do no harm’ – where it all went wrong An observation report by Mo Stewart, research lead for the Preventable Harm Project (external link will open in a new [...]

Letter to Chairman of the Conservative Party 2 comments

Mo Stewart, research lead for the Preventable Harm Project, has written to the Chairman of the Conservative Party, Kevin Hollinrake MP, about the breach of the Parliamentary Code of Conduct [...]

No-one Held to Account 0 comments

No-one Held to Account A research report by Mo Stewart, January 2026 The start of another New Year is for many people no reason to celebrate, especially for the chronically [...]

Letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer 2 comments

Mo Stewart, research lead for the Preventable Harm Project, has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer about her reported plans to remove VAT exemption from Motability vehicles. Mo Stewart’s [...]