Auditors say financial woes at tech firm Atos could hinder ability of its UK arm to continue as a going concern
January 2021
Uighur campaigners to target 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics sponsors
Activists will write to companies in bid to persuade them to use their influence with Chinese government
May 2018
GP-patient bond stretched to breaking point
Letters: Dr Carl Brandt GP says proper healthcare requires a strong and personal relationship based on trust, Richard Gilyead says that in Saffron Walden it is difficult to get any appointment with a GP at all, and Laura Marshall-Andrews GP describes a patient in tears
June 2017
This is a Pip disability assessment: intrusive, humiliating and completely pointless
Rob Crossan
I have a permanent disability. Even after the election, the Conservative government is forcing people like me through this broken system
March 2017
Disability benefits process is 'inherently flawed', MPs told
As many as 80% of denied personal independence payment claims are overturned on appeal because of failures in system, say campaigners
December 2016
First thoughts
Taxpayers’ cash should go to the needy. Here’s where it actually ends up
Owen Jones
More than £500m has been spent on PIP assessments for the disabled – where’s the sense in that?
October 2016
I am Daniel Blake – and there are millions more like me
Jack Monroe
Writer and activist Jack Monroe knows from their own experience that Ken Loach’s portrayal of life on benefits is heart-wrenchingly accurate
May 2016
Hardworking Britain
Shaking, crying, panic – the trauma of a benefits assessment with PTSD
Frances Ryan
After a distressing experience she can’t even remember, Lucia’s PIP was cut. She suffered a relapse and, like dominos, more benefits were taken away
March 2016
Government to review £500m-worth of Atos contracts after IT failure
Cabinet Office to examine Whitehall contracts worth £10m in move suggesting lack of confidence in outsourcing company
February 2016
Hardworking Britain
Emily has organ failure – yet her mother had to battle for benefits
Frances Ryan
The DWP eventually gave a severely ill woman the help she was entitled to. But her mother felt she had to cross the country to speak to David Haley in person to make it happen
January 2016
Maximus miss fitness-to-work test targets despite spiralling costs
Company took over contract from Atos in March to carry out medical assessments of claimants for ESA. The bill for ESA and PIP assessments has now reached £579m
October 2015
So Iain Duncan Smith, what about the death of Michael O’Sullivan?
John Pring
Duncan Smith’s work capability tests have been blamed for causing a death. But it’s the testimony of the victim’s daughter that brings home their full spiteful horror
May 2015
Why it’s OK to cry about this election
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Emotion is derided as a weakness of the left, but many of us have loved ones likely to suffer under the Tories – or simply feel empathy for those who will
January 2015
Delays and disarray shatter lives of new disability claimants
Disabled people waiting more than a year for benefits as personal independence payments (PIP) come under scrutiny by MPs
November 2014
Fitness-to-work assessment backlog could take 18 months to clear
Work Programme adviser: ‘Almost every day one of my clients mentioned feeling suicidal’
September 2014
The disability movement is readying itself for battle
John McTernan
John McTernan: The Tories’ cack-handed attempts at benefit reform have united long-term sick and disabled claimants against them
July 2014
Disabled people's 'fit for work' assessments should be scrapped – MPs
Glasgow's Commonwealth Games are going from plaid to worse
Kevin McKenna
June 2014
Guardian Opinion cartoon
Martin Rowson on Michael Gove and 'British values' - cartoon
Martin Rowson
New clauses spell out how governors should demonstrate 'British values' in schools, giving the secretary of state powers to close schools if they do not comply
