Sheffield Welfare Action Network
A Sheffield based, non-party political campaign; opposing benefit sanctions and attempts to force people into unsuitable work and treatment when they themselves know that they are not ready.
Latest News
| The Workhouse comes closer… | On Monday, James Purnell the Works And Pensions secretary launched yet another Green Paper on welfare reform, entitled ‘No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility’ a very significant package which proposes even more draconian policies which will impact on the most vulnerable in our society.
For claimants who are disabled, and others, they include:
- A requirement for all claimants in the employment and support allowance (ESA) work related activity ... (Read More)
| | The BBC, the On the Fiddle programme and the question of reporting welfare issues | | DAN have meeting with James Purnell | | Is Labour abolishing Illness? | | Disabled IB claimants 'will' be worse off under new reforms, says charity | | Disabled activists fight unjust welfare reforms | | Sheffield Council committed to pathways study | | Now, existing IB claimants to face new WCA, benefit cuts, unsuitable work, etc. | | Using state benefits to ‘improve behaviour: first ‘work or lose your home’, now addicts are told treatment or sanctions! | | The end of the 'Sick Note' |
On this site...
You can read the latest on Welfare Reform, by clicking the links above or going to the full news page. There is also information on the Welfare Reform Act 2007, details of SWAN's groundbreaking conference on disability benefits, and more information about our organisation.
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