We recently submitted our response to the Government’s Green Paper consultation on work, health and disability. We asked people with cancer for their thoughts to help shape our thinking, and in our response we set out the support people with cancer need to manage the financial impact of cancer, and to help them remain in or return to work.
At the end of 2016, the Government published a consultation document outlining…
In 2016 we made real progress in the fight to deliver change for people affected by cancer. Here’s our look back at what we have achieved together over the past 12 months. Check out our latest campaigns for 2017 here.
Putting the fair back into welfare
We kicked off the year continuing the campaign to put the fair back into welfare.
7,000 people wrote to their MP about the impact of the Government’s proposed £30…
The Government is currently consulting on what work support should be available to people claiming the benefit Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). If you have experience of claiming ESA, we’d love to hear your views. Please respond to our survey so that we can make sure the Government’s consultation on work and health takes the views of people affected by cancer into account. Take the survey now.
At the end of…
Earlier this year, the Welfare Reform and Work Bill was passed, which will cut support for people in the Work-Related Activity Group of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by £30 a week. Now, there are calls for the Government to reverse that cut, with a backbench debate due to take place in parliament. Macmillan is seriously concerned about the impact of the planned cut on people with cancer, and wants the Government…
Have you ever thought ‘if only this little thing existed, it would make life so much easier…’? That’s what went through James McNaught’s mind when he was having treatment for throat cancer in 2014. He travelled to hospital on London Underground trains, often feeling incredibly unwell, and wanted to find a way to let his fellow passengers know he was in need of a seat. Thanks to James’s Cancer on Board campaign, Transport…
