Quote saying "you have to appear to be completely dependent on someone…If you are disabled and you say you can cook and you can manage reasonably well on your own, then they would invariably say, ‘well you don’t need PIP’."

Disability and social insecurity: Exploring the impact of benefit changes on the lives of disabled people

Charlotte Pearson, Commentary, Poverty, Professor Nick Watson, Tom Porter, Welfare & social security

Changes to social security have – in the vast majority of cases – reduced the financial security of disabled people, leaving many in poverty and isolation. New research examines the lived experience of these changes for disabled people in the UK.

Welfare reform in Scotland: Research, policy and the third sector

Dr Sarah Weakley, Dr Sharon Wright, Employment and labour market, Professor Nick Bailey, Professor Nick Watson, Scottish Government, Third sector, Welfare & social security, Workshop

Summary and presentations from a Policy Scotland seminar on how academics and partners can influence the developing social security agenda in Scotland and research collaborations can be developed to improve the evidence base for the social security system.