Now my leukaemia’s in remission,I’d esteem to return to teaching, hang on to my house and notice after my disabled daughter: the idea I need to be ‘incentivised’ by poverty is ludicrous and insultingLast week an ominous brown envelope slid through my letterbox. I knew it was from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), or so I couldn’t bear to open it. It lay unopened on my kitchen table for several days. Inside it read: “We agreed that for a time,you could do permitted work while still getting your employment support allowance. From 22/11/15 this period will end.” Related: I acquire cancer in my 20s. How am I supposed to manage? | Kathleen Brady Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com