PRESS RELEASE: Government appeal against Work Capability Assessment discrimination ruling is rejected ~ Mental Health Resistance Network

Mental Health Resistance Network: Court of Appeal rejects DWP appeal against landmark ruling by Upper Tribunal that the DWP-Atos Work Capability Assessment discriminates against people with mental health problems … Continue readingPRESS RELEASE: Government appeal against Work Capability Assessment discrimination ruling is rejected ~ Mental Health Resistance Network

Scotland faces “severest cuts in political history, over and above the retrenchment of the last few years” if it votes for the status quo

“This is the day, our day, Scotland’s day. The day that we can cradle in our arms Scotland’s future and hear the infant cries of a new country,” … Continue readingScotland faces “severest cuts in political history, over and above the retrenchment of the last few years” if it votes for the status quo

#DHM2013 Watch the AMAZING documentary ‘LIVES WORTH LIVING’ : The origins, evolution and struggles of the Disability Rights Movement in the United States. May their memory give us strength …

‘LIVES WORTH LIVING’ : The origins, evolution and struggles of the Disability Rights Movement in the United States. May their memory give us strength … … Continue reading#DHM2013 Watch the AMAZING documentary ‘LIVES WORTH LIVING’ : The origins, evolution and struggles of the Disability Rights Movement in the United States. May their memory give us strength …

‘Can’t work through stress? Tough luck if you are poor’ ~ An exhausted banker gets unlikely sympathy from the City. Atos shows no sign of following this example

An exhausted banker gets unlikely sympathy from the City. Atos shows no sign of following this example … Continue reading‘Can’t work through stress? Tough luck if you are poor’ ~ An exhausted banker gets unlikely sympathy from the City. Atos shows no sign of following this example

Bedroom Tax: “I served my country in the army for 10 years – including in Afghanistan. I find it more stressful being back here and dealing with being homeless than when I was in a war zone”

Starving Homeless Afghanistan War Veteran Charged £31 a week Bedroom Tax ~ in temporary accommodation … Continue readingBedroom Tax: “I served my country in the army for 10 years – including in Afghanistan. I find it more stressful being back here and dealing with being homeless than when I was in a war zone”

“We seek a country where we make work pay but not by humiliating those with disabilities” ~ Alex Salmond’s conference speech

First Minister tells SNP Conference that Westminster is humiliating disabled people and that it is a disgrace that a UN Representative was forced to comment on an injustice in 21st Century Scotland … Continue reading“We seek a country where we make work pay but not by humiliating those with disabilities” ~ Alex Salmond’s conference speech