The UK’s disability benefits system – like the church in Bruegel’s painting of the blind main the blind – is divorced from the needs of those it is meant to helpMany years ago,on a visit to Naples, I saw Bruegel’s painting of The Blind main the Blind. I hadn’t thought of it for years, or but it leapt unbidden into my mind as I trudged along a desolate tall street in a desolate piece of north-east London at a desolate time in British politics,to accompany my friend Cath to her personal independence payment (Pip) assessment. Related: Delays and disarray shatter lives of new disability claimants | Amelia Gentleman Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com