Welfare Checks: What to Do If You Fear Someone Is in Trouble
Worried about someone who has disappeared online or sent an unusual message? Learn when to request a UK welfare check, even without their address.
The Potential of Refugee Entrepreneurship in Wales
Explore refugee entrepreneurship in Wales, including immigration status, self-employment, business setup, right-to-work checks and courier vetting.
DVLA Crackdown, More Than 140,000 Driving Licences Revoked
DVLA medical data reveals 140,981 licence decisions as calls grow for compulsory eyesight and fitness-to-drive testing for motorists aged over 70.
Removing Financial Support For Anxiety and ADHD Raises Serious Equality and Human Rights Concerns
Helen Whately has called for greater support instead of benefits for anxiety and ADHD. We examine PIP reform, therapy, disability, equality and human rights.
Jury Service: What You Can and Cannot Bring Into Court
Jury service court security explained: what jurors can and cannot bring into court, including prescription medication, pill boxes, syringes, umbrellas, phones, food and prohibited items, with practical solutions for people taking multiple medicines.
TV Licensing Enforcement Letters
TV Licensing enforcement letters can cause fear and distress, but not everyone needs a TV Licence. Learn when a licence is required, your rights if an officer visits, No Licence Needed declarations, the one-year renewal policy, data protection rights, complaints procedures and what to do if you receive an intimidating enforcement letter.
Disability-Based Violence: Why Global Concern Is Growing as the UN CRPD Develops New Guidelines
Disability-based violence is receiving growing international attention as the UN CRPD develops new guidelines to identify and address violence, abuse, exploitation, neglect, institutional harm and barriers to justice affecting disabled people worldwide.
UN CRPD 35th Session 2026, Twenty Years of Disability Rights
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has opened its historic 35th Session from 12–27 August 2026, reviewing Chile, Lithuania, Qatar, Slovakia and Sri Lanka during the 20th anniversary year of the UN CRPD. We examine emerging concerns around independent living, psychiatric care, legal capacity, inclusive education, accessibility, digital inclusion, violence against disabled women and the future of global disability rights.
Welsh Government Criticises PIP Review Co-Production: Why Wales Is Calling for a Disabled-Led Alternative
The Welsh Government has raised significant concerns about co-production in the UK-wide Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), calling for an independent disabled-led approach to future disability benefit reform. We examine what genuine co-production means, why Wales is challenging the current process, disability rights, safeguarding, the Social Model of Disability and whether PIP could eventually be devolved to Wales.
Patient Deaths, Delayed Cancer Diagnoses and NHS Whistleblowers
Whistleblowers at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have raised serious allegations of patient deaths, A&E corridor care, delayed cancer diagnoses, staffing pressures and concerns over incident reporting. We examine NHS accountability, patient safety, whistleblower protections, the Duty of Candour and why repeated warnings must never be ignored.