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The UK government recently published its long-awaited proposals about changes to the existing long-term out of work sickness/disability benefits system.  The proposals are predicated on the idea that 'too many' people are 'languishing' on long-term benefits and their health would be improved if they entered paid work. There is a consultation period running until 17th February on the proposals.  It's very important that consultation responses home in on the likely changes which the government intends, rather than on the storyline that the Department for Work and Pensions ran with in the run up to the release of the Green Paper.  I've written a blogpost which attempts to expose the fallacious unilinear causal relationship that is being claimed between health and work and which also attempts to deconstruct exactly what the DWP is proposing.  I hope this might help others to respond to the consultation. https://jennymorrisnet.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/the-work-health-a

From Andrew Roberts http://studymore.org.uk/ studymore@studymore.org.uk telephone: 020 8 986 5251 mobile 07505527755 home address: 177 Glenarm Road, London, E5 ONB In January 2015 we had to cancel a meeting of the Survivors History Group. This followed a difficult period working out how we could mange as a group, raising money, and monitoring accounts, for example. Careful thought and discussion followed and, as a result, we separated the groups administrative issues from the general meetings (they are dealt with by a small finance group) and prepared a series of meetings with substantial discussions of themes (Mary Barnes and creativity, for example) and books. These have been much appreciated, but although records have been kept of the discussions, these have not been adequately reported to readers of this email newsletter. This is is one of the many things on which I have fallen behind. The meetings we fully planned finished in September. Because of the personal problems of members,