Mad Pride UK Forum

Time for you to get sabre rattling, get on to your MP and local councillor. Thats what I had to tell someone who has unstable angina (literally could drop dead at any moment). This person was found 0 points fit for work, appealled won his appeal placed in support group and then called in again for m...

Im really miffed iwth MAD PRIDE! Didnt realise you have a full site and not just a forum. Gonna sluumy about and have a look

Thanks for you circular informing me of Day of Action. I was however concerned with the bit that said "All opinions valued (but please no flaming or personal attacks)." How the heck am I supposed to talk about the DWP (Department of Witchhunts and Pickpockets) whilst keeping in line with t...

Nadine Dorries, the Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire, on Thursday urged her blog readers to report to the Department of Work and Pensions people who tweet more than 50 times a day and claim benefits. She had apparently being told of a tweeter who has posted 34,500 times in a few months. This twe...

Reprinted with kind permission of Mind.co.uk New Benefit Test Will Fail To Spot Illness And Disability People with mental health problems who are frequently unable to complete more than two tasks in a row could be assessed as fit for work, under new revisions to the sickness benefit test outlined by...