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Tom Pollard

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Head of Social Policy @NEF | Previous work on mental health, poverty & social security | NHS Mental Health Social Worker | Views expressed here my own

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'the Government has broken its side of the [social] contract, and now appears to be trying to blame the sick for the consequences'

Welcome intervention from Isabel Hardman on the reality of trying to return to work when you have mental health problems inews.co.uk/opinion/cant-fโ€ฆ

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31% of disabled people live in poverty, compared to 19% of non-disabled people

PIP partially mitigates this disadvantage for some

Government lectures on the 'intended purpose' of PIP & what it should be spent on completely gloss over the underlying reality disabled people face

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If you asked every single person receiving benefits to give two words to describe their experience of the welfare system, I doubt you'd hear a single mention of 'fairness' or 'compassion'

If you asked every single person receiving benefits to give two words to describe their experience of the welfare system, I doubt you'd hear a single mention of 'fairness' or 'compassion'
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