Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
COMPANIES and charities that give placements to the unemployed under the UK Government’s controversial unpaid work schemes have been granted
Continue readingUnpaid work firms to be kept secret in Scotland DWP tells The Herald
From Malthus to Ian Duncan Smith By Susan Pashkoff It is the bicentennial of the birth of Charles
I am a student photographer and my wife has been disabled since 2006. We are extremely worried my wife may
The reality of life with ME is often unrecognised – least of all by DWP/Atos – and tens of thousands
Continue readingEmily Collingridge, 1981-2012: such a short life, such a huge legacy
How Scotland implements the UK Welfare Reform Act is back under the spotlight today as the Scottish Parliament’s Welfare Reform Committee
By Richard Exell There is not much about social security and tax credits in today’s Budget Report – apart from a threat
Continue readingThe budget timebomb threatening the very poorest
“On the fairness front, it pales besides the £10bn of cuts to benefits that Mr Osborne pencilled in for the
Continue readingThe budget: George Osborne’s misplaced priorities
Spending on welfare payments, schools and hospitals will have to be slashed by billions of pounds more than the Government
Continue readingFurther severe cuts facing benefits, schools and hospitals as soon as next year
by Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian’s social affairs editor The welfare budget faces a £10bn cut by 2016 because social security will consume
Continue readingWelfare budget faces further £10bn cut by 2016 in addition to current £18bn
Dismissing Ed Miliband’s performance as Labour leader, Serwotka said the trade union movement was now the “de facto” opposition, but
Continue readingBudget 2012: George Osborne will ‘institutionalise poverty’ – Mark Serwotka
Get ready for a tsunami of Disability Hate Crimes if this goes through – Black Triangle Truth about your tax
By Sonia Poulton In the last few months of his life, Craig Monk attempted several overdoses and was described as ‘vulnerable’ by his family. An accident
A computer questionnaire now helps determine who is fit for work and who is eligible for benefits. But it is causing misery, with thousands of unwell people locked in a chaotic system of appeals … Continue reading
Nick Cohen The Observer, Sunday 11 March 2012 Equality before the law fails in an unequal society. Instead of one legal
‘I can’t say anything because you’ve brought up… the Holocaust’ March 12, 2012 by Adam Wagner As a
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BY ANDREW GRICE The Independent The unemployed would be guaranteed the offer of a job but could lose their benefits for six
By Rafael Behr – 07 March 2012 14:25 The public is very far away from embracing some of the ideas about the
Continue readingCan Labour start a different conversation about benefits?
By Rafael Behr The Conservative Party is running out of ways to be liked. Polls suggests that David Cameron is
Continue readingCameron’s desperate offer to voters: nastiness in the national interest
Jobless figures are the one major economic indicator that measures people. And they demonstrate the toll in misery across Europe … Continue reading
