Andrea Hill, the chief executive who led Suffolk County Council’s ambitious ‘big society’ plans to outsource all of its services has left the council just months after programme launch
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IF YOU’RE POOR AND SICK AND HAVE PAID YOUR NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU’LL BE LEADING THE BATTLE TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT
IF YOU’RE POOR AND SICK AND HAVE PAID YOUR NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU’LL BE LEADING THE BATTLE TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT – Steve Griffiths A DWP Impact Assessment of the Coalition’s plans to restrict contribution-based payment of benefits to people who are … Continue reading →
Solidarity against cuts from the TUC
“John McArdle of the Black Triangle Campaign told conference that there would be no economic necessity for the Government to introduce devastating cuts to the welfare state if it collected taxes owed by rich individuals and large companies, an amount … Continue reading →
Disabled People and the Cuts: fighting or reinforcing social oppression
Disabled People and the Cuts: fighting or reinforcing social oppression June 26, 2011 7:38 am Anti-cuts no comments Disabled socialist and a co-founder of Disabled People Against Cuts, Bob Williams-Findlay, attempts to provide some background to the increased participation of … Continue reading →
Cameron’s constituent appeals for help after ‘inhuman’ Atos treatment
One of the prime minister’s disabled constituents has issued a personal plea for his help, after he was forced to appeal for the third time against an unfair and inaccurate assessment of his ability to work. David Cameron promised to … Continue reading →
TAX IS FOR LITTLE DISABLED PEOPLE
GOOD to see that HM Revenue & Customs knows who the real tax-dodging villains are in Britain. Having let Vodafone and Goldman Sachs off millions in tax (Eyes passim), it’s been commendably ruthless with… a small charity for disabled children. … Continue reading →
The hardest city to get a job in
If you live in Merthyr Tydfil, you face the most competitive jobs market in the UK! Unemployment currently stands at 2.43 million, with the number of people claiming jobseeker’s allowance rising at its fastest rate in two years in May. … Continue reading →
Disabled People fighting the cuts
Summary Disabled people are being hit in every aspect of life by the cuts imposed by the coalition government. But a fightback is taking place. Thousands of disabled people joined the TUC March for the Alternative on 26 March, and thousands took part … Continue reading →
M’Luds Won’t you help me with welfare reform? – By Sue Marsh
Lyrics M’luds won’t you help me, with Welfare Reform?The sick need protection, their facing a storm,Worked Hard all our lifetimes,Paid tax since we’re bornM’luds won’t you help me with Welfare Reform? M’luds won’t you help me, to make people see?The … Continue reading →
Wall Of Solidarity
The Black Triangle Wall Of Solidarity There Is An Alternative .PDF A true ‘mench’ and brother of the grassroots disability-human rights resistance movement. May his star rise quickly! … Continue reading →
The Contract between the DWP and Atos Healthcare
It’s a long read but this is what Mike, the the “owner” of the excellent web site Why Wait Forever managed to get out of the DWP regarding the contract between them and Atos with Why Wait Forever. DWP Atos … Continue reading →
How Labour got welfare wrong – and how it can put it right
Posted by Jonathan Rutherford – 15 June 2011 11:43 Labour opened the welfare system up to profiteering and unaccountable corporate power and confused the sick and disabled with the unemployed. The speeches by Ed Miliband and Liam Byrne begin to frame Labour’s approach … Continue reading →
J30 STRIKE DAY Mass Demonstration at ATOS Origin Processing Centre Glasgow
Time 30 June · 14:00 – 17:00 Location Corunna House, Cadogan Street, GLASGOW Created by: Black Triangle Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disabilty Rights More info On Thursday 30 June, members of several trade unions across the UK will be taking part in … Continue reading →
Miliband uses speech to acknowledge importance of the ‘moron vote’
Miliband uses speech to acknowledge importance of the ‘moron vote’ Troubled Labour leader, Ed Miliband has attempted to bolster support for his party and leadership by reaching out to the nation’s morons who blame everything on benefit claimants. In … Continue reading →
LiMA v2 Technical Manual – Download
Click on the link below to download the technical manual for the LiMA v2 Software System, the software Atos use in their disability assessments. LiMA v2 Technical Manual … Continue reading →
They don’t give ATOS!
Many disabled people who have been directly affected by the ATOS Work Capability Assessment have been trying to share their experiences by coming together on Face Book, on blogs and on web sites. But several blog creators have already been … Continue reading →
‘Let us now target the waste, not the weak’ by Harry Reid, Herald Scotland 31/05/11
Let us now target the waste, not the weak Published on 31 May 2011 HOW are we to judge our society? By how it treats the weak and vulnerable, or how it inadvertently indulges chancers and spivs? This is not … Continue reading →
(ISG): THE STRUGGLE AGAINST DISABILITY CUTS GUEST ARTICLE FROM THE BLACK TRIANGLE John McArdle writes from the Black Triangle Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights on the National Week of Protest against ATOS.
On Saturday the 14th of May, we witnessed the obscene spectacle of relatively well-heeled people marching through London in support of the coalition’s program of cuts and austerity and “against the national debt.” No matter that the size of the … Continue reading →
An ATOS Assessment Interview Video
Sadly, not far from the truth 🙁 Thanks Red Flint 😉 … Continue reading →
Watch the Full McLibel Film
Watch the fill video of the story of a massive corporation taking on what it thought was an easy target. … Continue reading →