After yesterday find of Debbie Carr calling the sick & disabled that she deals with while working for ATOS as a HCP “Down & Outs” on her Facebook page yet another ATOS employee, this time a Medical Examination Centre Administrator … Continue reading →
Workfare, the government’s forced labour scheme, could be the latest policy to unravel as encouraging momentum builds against the proposed reform of the welfare system. On Tuesday activists forced the cancellation of the “Making Work Pay” conference at the Royal … Continue reading →
Published by Adam Lotun on Jul 26, 2011 Target: Department of Works & Pensions Region: United Kingdom Web site: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1631738440 Background (Preamble): The UK Disabled Community needs to send a clear and unequivocal message in one unified voice to call on the Coalition Government to … Continue reading →
AN unprecedented coalition of private and voluntary sector groups working with children in care has been formed to fight for better services despite the financial squeeze. The Scottish Children’s Services Coalition warns public spending cuts are threatening vulnerable children, including … Continue reading →
A WOMAN found dead in a drain had been worried about attending a medical appointment to assess disability benefits, an inquest heard. The body of Elaine Christian, 57, was found in Holderness Drain by a mother returning from a school … Continue reading →
Filmed live in the dressing room at Garforth Academy during Garforth Festival, Yorkshire, Saturday 9th July 2011 by Stephen Grubb BILLY BRAGG – NEVER BUY THE SUN from Billy Bragg on Vimeo. … Continue reading →
BUNGLED rulings by the private firm deciding whether benefit claimants are fit to work are costing taxpayers s50million, we can reveal. The Government have been urged to claw back millions from the contractors after they wrongly assessed thousands on disability … Continue reading →
CONCLUSIONS In this paper I have suggested that the medicalisation of disability is inappropriate because it locates the problems of disability in the wrong place; within the individual rather than in society. Further, once the true nature of the problems … Continue reading →
By Debbie Jolly from our sister organisation Disabled People Against Cuts DPAC condemns the outrageous comments made by Phillip Davies Conservative MP for Shipley, Yorkshire. Davies announced that disabled people should be paid less than minimum wage. He claimed disabled people … Continue reading →
PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK TO VIEW PRESENTATION SLIDESHOW: Social Model of Disability: DPAC … Continue reading →
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
Continue reading →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 →
“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 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →