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Frances Ryan

Frances Ryan is a journalist, broadcaster and campaigner. She is the author of 'Crippled,' (Verso, 2019) and was highly commended Specialist Journalist of the Year for her work on disability. She writes the Guardian column 'Hardworking Britain.'

Arise, Sir Food Bank

Knighting Iain Duncan Smith – the man responsible for Universal Credit, the bedroom tax and ‘fit for work’ tests – shows just how much contempt the establishment has for ordinary people.

Britain’s Disability Scandal

One million disabled people in Britain live without the social care they need. That means a population the size of Birmingham unable to live an independent life every single day.