One of the reasons that the Inequalities blog has been quiet for a little while is that I set up a separate blog to focus on my 2014-17 project on disability, work and the benefits system, called Rethinking Incapacity.
That blog has now closed – but just in case you’re interested in what I was writing, the highlights include:
- What effect do sanctions & conditionality have on disabled people? (10th July 2017) – a summary of a special issue of a journal
- The Green Paper & I, Daniel Blake (1st Nov 2016) – on how you can see the DWP as answering some of the questions raised by the film, while raising new questions
- The return of the stricter WCA (21st Sep 2016) – a detailed explanation of why the WCA has recently become harder
- Does the WCA really penalise poorer people? (10th Aug 2016)- a response to a Guardian piece
- How can we assess work capability in the ‘real world’? (31st Aug 2016) – a great guest post by Elina Rigler
- Has the disability employment gap really declined? (1st Oct 2015)
- The end of the WCA? Reaction to IDS’ speech – after the Secretary of State Iain Duncan Smith seemed to say that the WCA would be replaced
- Death, dishonesty and the WCA (1st Sep 2015) – on the stats about deaths after being found fit-for-work
- The inequality of incapacity (18th Aug 2015) – based on a new paper of mine
- Why the Budget’s cut to ESA may backfire (8th Jul 2015) – my (still-current) prediction that the latest ESA cut will ultimately prove wildly unpopular in the long run
- Disability and the benefits cap (1st Jun 2015)
The blog also includes:
- Quick news on other people’s activities – including the psychologists’ association calling for WCA reform, Spartacus on the 2015 budget, and Ben Barr et al’s influential study on the WCA and mental health
- A summary of the disability & employment agenda in 2016, and an earlier summary of the post-2015 election landscape
- A 2016 update on British Social Attitudes
- Updates on the latest figures – March 2015, April 2015, June 2015</> from the OBR
- A few posts from the release of our 2015 Demos report – our blog post, and the report itself
