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Ayaz Manji

What do we know about the people most at risk from PIP cuts?

As a growing number of MPs have signalled their opposition to what stand to be the deepest cuts to social security in a decade, this blog…

May 8

May 8

What the Spring Statement means for food banks and the people who are forced to turn to them

Since the Spring Statement was published on Wednesday, there has been a lot written about the potential impact of around £7bn of cuts to…

Mar 27

What the Spring Statement means for food banks and the people who are forced to turn to them

Mar 27

Why we should all be concerned about reforms to benefit sanctions and work requirements for…

Since Tuesday’s announcements on disability benefits, commentators have rightly been focused on the £6.5bn worth of cuts to benefits for…

Mar 20

Mar 20

A quick blog on the reforms to PIP announced today, and their likely impact for people with mental…

I worked in welfare rights for around four years and supported a lot of people to claim PIP or appeal PIP decisions, who under these…

Mar 18

Mar 18

The black box of charity policy work

If you do policy work for a charity then the chances are that you’ve spent at least a chunk of your life trying to explain what your job…

Nov 7, 2022

Nov 7, 2022

Why charities need to learn how to be prisoners of hope

When it comes to influencing and campaigning, our desire to know that we are actually doing good is part of the problem.

Oct 25, 2022

Colourful flags waving in the wind

Oct 25, 2022

Can you fix the DWP?

Four ideas to start fixing a system that’s designed around the needs of the people who run it and not the people who use it.

Mar 20, 2019

Can you fix the DWP?

Mar 20, 2019

Ducking the difficult questions on disability benefits

As much as we can agree on what’s wrong with PIP and the WCA, it’s a lot harder getting consensus on how to build something different.

Mar 8, 2019

Mar 8, 2019

Reading the small print on fixes to Universal Credit

Last year, after mounting pressure, the Government committed to spending £1.5 billion in what’s been described as a ‘rescue package’ for…

Jan 29, 2018

Jan 29, 2018

Ayaz Manji

Ayaz Manji

Campaigner, policy person and welfare rights adviser. Currently working on social security and disability with @TrussellUK

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