PIP! PIP! Hurrah!
Yes, you too can comment on changes to the Personal Independence Payments benefit for us with disabilities and health conditions. Don’t forget that we make
10/07/2024
Blog & Articles of Interest
Just Vote!
Whatever your politics, tomorrow is the chance to have your say. I’m one of the lucky ones: the postal vote went off last week but
03/07/2024
Beaten by two spring onions.
Last year I fell down the stairs and fractured a vertebra. Three weeks in hospital and more weeks in a special bed at home, it
24/06/2024
Damp all over.
Water spray is a great alternative to smoke for controlling honey bees. Yesterday, we were extracting over 20 kg of honey from the wax honeycomb
19/06/2024
Slept on it.
I confess that I was incandescent yesterday hearing that proposed tax reductions would be funded by removing benefits from many disabled people. But I took
12/06/2024
Wheat-free dessert.
My latest cooking experiment: pear and cardamom almondine courtesy of Sarah (another with the patience and understanding of a beekeeper’s wife). I was testing out
10/06/2024
So much talent.
At a charity conference last week. What a mass of talent in the room: a former rugby player and singer, a defence specialist, a company
13/05/2024
PIP: a bit of a rant!
Policy-makers want to reduce the costs of this benefit which supports people with disabilities. Firstly, PIP has nothing to do with work. It doesn’t matter
01/05/2024
Ticket offices saved?
Talking on BBC Radio 5 Live last week about Labour’s plan to re-nationalise the railways, I was emphasising that 1-in-5 of the population are people
29/04/2024