Report to MPs recommends medical tests and ‘back to work’ interviews for thousands undergoing treatment … Continue reading
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PSE Media Project – Participant Wanted
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Graduate ‘made to stack shelves’ seeks judicial review
A graduate is taking legal action against the government over a scheme which she says forces people to do unpaid
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Unite offers ‘community membership’
A brilliant initiative and should be useful to many, especially with the cuts to legal aid that are going through
Benefits can do more harm than good for child poverty because parents ‘will only spend them on drugs or gambling’
Higher benefits for poor families could do more harm than good, Iain Duncan Smith claimed last night, as feckless parents
Discrimination against disabled children still widespread, study finds
Schools and councils need to do more to address the discrimination disabled children continue to face despite positive steps taken
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Time-limiting disability benefits makes no sense
The government’s plan to limit employment support allowance to 12 months for people with debilitating illnesses makes no sense whatsover,
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There is a climate of hostility towards people for whom life is already difficult and it is being fostered by politicians and journalists … Continue reading
Patients’ NHS records could be shared with private firms
Private health firms could be given access to anonymous NHS patient records and other NHS data, under plans to be
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DWP proposes to force chemotherapy patients to undergo stressful benefit checks
Macmillan Cancer Support has strongly criticised a Department of Work and Pensions decision to propose changes to the benefits system
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Miller and Atos face angry heckling at disability poverty conference
A government minister and executives from the company that carries out “fitness for work” tests on disabled people have faced
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Government hires extra judges to tackle welfare appeal backlog
Ministers have been forced to hire more than 80 new judges in a multi-million pound effort to address appeals by
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Peter Ross: A spotlight on the work of the Citizens Advice Bureau
GLASGOW’S great extremes of rich and poor are, at this time of year, thrown into even sharper relief, just as
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Channel 4 news – ESA appeal’s are endless – Employment and Support Allowance
The number of appeals for ESA has quadrupled in 2 years, from 68,000 in 2009 to 240,000 by the end
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Enterprise firms ‘key for jobs’
“The firm provides work placements to 100 people with mental health conditions at its five businesses, including the Parkview Laundry
BMA says contracts race is unfair to NHS bidders, undermining Andrew Lansley’s pledge of local clinical leadership … Continue reading
The UK Disability Market
For the last financial year the income of the following organisations is as follows – Scope – 101 million
IDS ‘panders’ to Daily Mail again, hours after promising to change his ways
A cabinet minister has been heavily criticised after again appearing to encourage national newspapers to run stories attacking disabled benefit
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Ministers accused of causing fear for disabled people
Labour have accused ministers of making “outrageous and outlandish” comments about the disabled and the feeding the comments to the
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