A Town Called Malice
‘New blitz on benefit cheats’ trumpets the Daily Express http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/287882/New-blitz-on-benefit-cheats. ‘The Government is joining forces with Crimestoppers to make it
Disability issues in the news from the Black Triangle.
‘New blitz on benefit cheats’ trumpets the Daily Express http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/287882/New-blitz-on-benefit-cheats. ‘The Government is joining forces with Crimestoppers to make it
It’s because of the previous government that cancer patients are suffering additional pain? By Laurie Penny Cancer patients are to
Continue readingLaurie Penny: How could Labour have been so cruel?
The politicians driving welfare changes have personal experience of the support they are seeking to erase … Continue reading
The dramatic scenes in English cities last August of burning buildings, bands of hooded and masked youths pillaging stores, and
Continue readingManufacturing Ignorance: the Centre for Social Justice and Welfare Reform in Britain
Targeting people with terminal illness might be so awful as to be a tactical manoeuvre. It’s hard for campaigners to tell … Continue reading
Scottish ministers have been urged to think about new laws to soften the “significant” impact of planned changes to the
Unum whistleblowers seem to be increasing in numbers and contacting DCS, Inc. with inside information concerning Unum’s claims practices. I
Continue readingYup! I Finally Have Unum Exactly Where They Want Me…..
Report to MPs recommends medical tests and ‘back to work’ interviews for thousands undergoing treatment … Continue reading
A graduate is taking legal action against the government over a scheme which she says forces people to do unpaid
Continue readingGraduate ‘made to stack shelves’ seeks judicial review
A brilliant initiative and should be useful to many, especially with the cuts to legal aid that are going through
Higher benefits for poor families could do more harm than good, Iain Duncan Smith claimed last night, as feckless parents
Schools and councils need to do more to address the discrimination disabled children continue to face despite positive steps taken
Continue readingDiscrimination against disabled children still widespread, study finds
The government’s plan to limit employment support allowance to 12 months for people with debilitating illnesses makes no sense whatsover,
Continue readingTime-limiting disability benefits makes no sense
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
Private health firms could be given access to anonymous NHS patient records and other NHS data, under plans to be
Continue readingPatients’ NHS records could be shared with private firms
Macmillan Cancer Support has strongly criticised a Department of Work and Pensions decision to propose changes to the benefits system
Continue readingDWP proposes to force chemotherapy patients to undergo stressful benefit checks
A government minister and executives from the company that carries out “fitness for work” tests on disabled people have faced
Continue readingMiller and Atos face angry heckling at disability poverty conference
Ministers have been forced to hire more than 80 new judges in a multi-million pound effort to address appeals by
Continue readingGovernment hires extra judges to tackle welfare appeal backlog
GLASGOW’S great extremes of rich and poor are, at this time of year, thrown into even sharper relief, just as
Continue readingPeter Ross: A spotlight on the work of the Citizens Advice Bureau