UK: Disability benefits (UC, ESA and PIP) - news and updates 2024 and 2025

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Do we think the penny's ever going to drop in government that most disability in the UK is caused by chronic illness, not congenital or acquired physical impairments?

Which means people are always likely to need additional sick leave if they're to stay in work. Especially if they're not allowed to work at home on bad days, or are given no flexibility over the times and days on which they do their contracted hours?

The medical profession is still blaming TikTok. I wonder who they'd be blaming if they didn't have it to blame for everything they fail to do. But until the medical profession swallows its pride this won't happen.

Psychosomatics is an extremist ideology. It has no stop function or any way to relieve the pressure from its failures. It only ever commits further to the kayfabe.

 

[Dolphin]

MEA FB:

ME Association’s Welfare Briefing for Westminster Hall Debate

In a major moment for our community, Tessa Munt MP has quoted directly from MEA policy work during a Westminster Hall debate on support for people with ME.

Her speech raised serious concerns about DWP reforms and echoed the lived experiences of people with ME/CFS or Long Covid who are being failed by a system they can’t safely navigate. Read our response and what this means for the campaign.

Read the briefing that the MEA provided for Tessa Hunt, MP, here: https://meassociation.org.uk/hmm2

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