I first met Anthony Leung when I was hotdesking at the Design district. Anthony is the founder of Mean Write Hook, a media and marketing company with vision. He moved from Hong Kong to Canada and then to London.

In our conversation, he talks about the impact living in such different places has had on him – he feels as much Canadian as he does being from Hong Kong. We also talked about cultural influences from food to music to sport. We talked about his work, what he does and future plans.

ICYMI catch up on my conversation with Dr. Ahneez Abdul Hameed last week here

This month in Disability News

A petition has been launched to protect disabled people who cannot work from planned cuts to benefits.

The pandemic widened the gap between current financial support and the extra cost of living for Disabled people; the government’s proposed cuts will worsen this. Forcing people to work will strain the fragile NHS. Disabled people should not be punished for being unable to work.

Sign the petition here. The government must respond to all petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures. At 100,000 signatures, Parliament should debate their proposed changes.

David*, from Salisbury, was found dead in his home in February, just weeks after his personal independence payment (PIP) had been stopped when he failed to return a review form.

Conservative councillors responsible for housing, social care, public health and safeguarding have all refused to comment on *David’s death after he was found in distressing conditions after the wrongful removal of his disability benefits. Full story here.

Leading disabled people’s organisations (DPO) have written to work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall to express “serious concerns” about the human rights implications of her “incredibly dangerous” plans to cut spending on disability benefits.

They say in the letter that her consultation on the Pathways to Work green paper, launched officially this week after the long-awaited publication of accessible versions of the document, is a “sham”.

And they have called on her to withdraw the consultation, postpone imminent legislation – due within weeks – until all the proposed measures can be subjected to proper and accessible consultation, and provide accessible versions of all documents relating to the proposals.

Read more at Disability News Service

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