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Hundreds of demonstrators, many disabled, gathered to protest against the government’s proposed cuts to the welfare spending bill which will see Personal Independence Payments (PIP) reduced for disabled benefit claimants, March 2025. Lab Ky Mo/SOPA Images/Reuters Connect

Opinion: The Welfare Bill Is a Patronising Moral Crusade to Save Disabled People From Ourselves

Rick Burgess

Despite concessions, the welfare bill still means cuts and greater state intrusion into disabled people’s lives, writes the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People’s Rick Burgess.

Feature: Labour Wants to Force Banks to Spy on Their Most Vulnerable Customers

Harriet Williamson

Labour’s ‘biggest fraud crackdown in a generation’ involves using artificial intelligence to surveil Britain’s most vulnerable people, while letting the rich and powerful do as they please.

Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a visit to the Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL (University College London), in London, Britain January 13, 2025, as he prepares to launch a plan to harness AI to spur growth and efficiency in the country. HENRY NICHOLLS/Pool via REUTERS

Feature: How Labour Is Using Biased AI to Determine Benefit Claims

Harriet Williamson

Labour is creating a digitised welfare state where biased AI will gobble up data and wreck vulnerable people’s lives by judging them based on their age, marital status and nationality. Harriet Williamson reports.

Mad Youth Organise protest outside Priory Roehampton.

Long Read: Former Priory Patients Tell of ‘Traumatic’ Privatised Mental Health Treatment

Harriet Williamson

The Priory Group receives over £2bn a year from UK taxpayers - and for what? Harriet Williamson reports on force-feeding, untrained agency staff, criminal safety failures and the ‘mad’ youth activists who aren’t having it any more.

Opinion: What Disability Benefit Cuts Reveal About Labour’s Grasp of Economics

Phil McDuff

Ministers have looked at the UK economy in 2025 and concluded that disabled people simply have it too good. Can they be serious? Phil McDuff writes.

Novara FM: Two Years to See a Specialist, Two Weeks to Die

Who really stands to benefit from the Assisted Dying Bill?

A head shot of activist Ellen Clifford outside the royal courts of justice.

Feature: Meet the Disabled Activist Taking the UK Government to Court

Harriet Williamson

Ellen Clifford is fighting Keir Starmer's government in the high court to prevent disability benefit cuts. She speaks to Harriet Williamson about the value of disabled life under capitalism, assisted dying and why disabled people threaten the status quo.

A woman takes a photo of an assisted dying billboard

Opinion: Assisted Dying Could Make Some Lives Not Worth Living

Matty Hall

Assisted dying laws seem compassionate, writes Matty Hall, but not in a society that devalues sick and disabled people’s lives.

A person holding a hot water bottle sits beside packets of bills

Red Flags: How the Fuck Am I Supposed to Menstruate Under Capitalism?

Sophie K Rosa

In some times and some cultures, menstruating people have been hidden away, writes Sophie K Rosa. In the UK, we are expected to hide in plain sight, pretending to be something we are not: pain-free, sane, happy, energised.

Report: Red Cross Slashes Hundreds of Jobs As It Outsources Vital Wheelchair Service

Polly Smythe

Disabled people who used to get personalised help from a charity worker, will now get an instructional video, according to an internal memo seen by Novara Media.

Novara FM: Will We Still Be Mad After Capitalism?

Mad World author Micha Frazer-Carroll tells Charlotte England why mental health is a political matter.

A screenshot of TikTok videos about ADHD, autism and trauma

Opinion: Mental Health Diagnoses Are Capitalist Constructs

Micha Frazer-Carroll

Mental and physical diagnoses aren’t objective facts that exist in nature, writes Micha Frazer-Carroll: they're constructed by capitalism.

A firefighter cries in front of white vans with plumes of smoke from a wildfire in the background

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

Those who buckle in the face of climate collapse are entirely in tune with reality, writes Charlie Hertzog Young.

Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?

Charlie Hertzog Young

By forcing people to work through illness, our inadequate sick pay system is a tool of domination, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. Let’s replace it with one that puts people before profit.

A man in a wheelchair takes part in a protest against cuts to state disability welfare payments. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Feature: Disabled People Are Fighting Back Against ‘Life or Death’ Energy Prices

Sophie K Rosa

Disabled people are facing disproportionate fuel poverty, but they're getting organised. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Health secretary and former DWP secretary Therese Coffey. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

Opinion: The Government’s New Mental Health Funding Will Be Spent on ‘Helping’ Depressed People Into Work

Jay Watts

Liz Truss just announced £122m of new funding for mental healthcare. But it won't be spent on the psych beds and specialists we so desperately need, writes psychologist Jay Watts - it’s for 700 employment advisors to ‘help’ depressed people into work.

A commuter walks past a face covering sign outside King's Cross St Pancras Underground Station. Coronavirus restrictions have been reintroduced in the UK, with mandatory face masks in shops and on public transport, to help stop the spread of the new Omicron variant. People who refuse to wear masks face a fine of £200. (Photo by Vuk Valcic / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Opinion: Britain Has Ditched Masks and Disabled People Along With Them

Sophie Buck

The end of mask mandates came not a moment too soon for many in Britain. This speaks volumes about our attitude towards society’s most vulnerable, writes Sophie Buck.

a man and woman sit back-to-back in their respective office cubicles, on their computers

Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does

Charlie Hertzog Young

I’ve often blamed myself for my poor mental health, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. The concept of neurodiversity showed me it’s society that’s at fault.

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Opinion: The Welfare Bill Is a Patronising Moral Crusade to Save Disabled People From Ourselves

Rick Burgess

Feature: Labour Wants to Force Banks to Spy on Their Most Vulnerable Customers

Harriet Williamson

Feature: How Labour Is Using Biased AI to Determine Benefit Claims

Harriet Williamson

Long Read: Former Priory Patients Tell of ‘Traumatic’ Privatised Mental Health Treatment

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: What Disability Benefit Cuts Reveal About Labour’s Grasp of Economics

Phil McDuff

Novara FM: Two Years to See a Specialist, Two Weeks to Die

Opinion: Assisted Dying Could Make Some Lives Not Worth Living

Matty Hall

Report: Red Cross Slashes Hundreds of Jobs As It Outsources Vital Wheelchair Service

Polly Smythe

Novara FM: Will We Still Be Mad After Capitalism?

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: The Government’s New Mental Health Funding Will Be Spent on ‘Helping’ Depressed People Into Work

Jay Watts

Opinion: Britain Has Ditched Masks and Disabled People Along With Them

Sophie Buck

Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does

Charlie Hertzog Young

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Opinion: The Welfare Bill Is a Patronising Moral Crusade to Save Disabled People From Ourselves

Rick Burgess

Feature: Labour Wants to Force Banks to Spy on Their Most Vulnerable Customers

Harriet Williamson

Feature: How Labour Is Using Biased AI to Determine Benefit Claims

Harriet Williamson

Long Read: Former Priory Patients Tell of ‘Traumatic’ Privatised Mental Health Treatment

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: What Disability Benefit Cuts Reveal About Labour’s Grasp of Economics

Phil McDuff

Novara FM: Two Years to See a Specialist, Two Weeks to Die

Feature: Meet the Disabled Activist Taking the UK Government to Court

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Assisted Dying Could Make Some Lives Not Worth Living

Matty Hall

Red Flags: How the Fuck Am I Supposed to Menstruate Under Capitalism?

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Red Cross Slashes Hundreds of Jobs As It Outsources Vital Wheelchair Service

Polly Smythe

Novara FM: Will We Still Be Mad After Capitalism?

Opinion: Mental Health Diagnoses Are Capitalist Constructs

Micha Frazer-Carroll

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?

Charlie Hertzog Young

Feature: Disabled People Are Fighting Back Against ‘Life or Death’ Energy Prices

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: The Government’s New Mental Health Funding Will Be Spent on ‘Helping’ Depressed People Into Work

Jay Watts

Opinion: Britain Has Ditched Masks and Disabled People Along With Them

Sophie Buck

Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does

Charlie Hertzog Young

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