CAN anyone please help? In 2004 I had to give up a lucrative job as a tree-felling contractor owing to chronic lower back pain. In 2006 I started work part-time as a researcher and writer and published two successful books.

Owing to increased back pain, my doctor on April 29, 2012, arranged for me to have an MRI scan which revealed that my three lower discs are in a mess and that I am suffering from arthrosis of the spine. My doctor has given me a continuous sick note since April but owing to a change in the system I cannot claim sickness benefit. I have been put on something called Employment Support Allowance but unfortunately I have received neither support nor allowance and never will. I haven’t had a penny in benefits since April. If anyone can offer suitable part-time work I would appreciate it. Neil Milkins, Arael View, Abertillery