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Shadow Chancellor Joins Black Triangle’s Call for IDS and Grayling to Face Criminal Charges

Friday 20th May 2016 Addressing the TUC Disabled Worker’s Conference at Transport House in London today Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell MP said: “We must not be silent on the deaths of disabled people.I want to see Iain … Continue reading →

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Posted in Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, John McDonnell, WCA Deaths | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John McDonnell, TUC, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Campaigners fear Crabb has abandoned target to halve employment gap

The government may have abandoned its target to halve the disability employment gap, according to a leading disabled people’s organisation. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) said it feared comments made last week by the new work and pensions secretary, Stephen … Continue reading →

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Posted in DRUK, DWP, Stephen Crabb | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, DRUK, DWP, John Pring, TUC, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Ministers refuse to say if they implemented 10 measures to save lives

Ministers have refused to say if they implemented 10 measures – recommended by their own civil servants – that would have made it less likely that “vulnerable” benefit claimants would lose their lives. The 10 recommendations were taken from some … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Poverty, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

How a single word shows DWP has finally owned up on benefit deaths

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally admitted that it could be partly responsible for the deaths of some benefit claimants. The admission came – quietly – after its release of heavily-redacted versions of 49 secret “peer reviews” … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Poverty, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Iain Duncan Smith Legacy

  Updated from: http://loopys-rollingwiththepunches.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/iain-duncan-smith-legacy.html   The following is a list of policies and damning court decisions and findings undertaken under the watch of Iain Duncan Smith (emphasis on those affecting disabled people): April 2011: LHA (Local Housing Allowance) is reduced to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, LIz Sayce, PIP, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DWP, Equality, foodbanks, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Politics, Poverty, UK news, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | 1 Reply

Loach film on shame of poverty in Britain moves Cannes to tears

‘I, Daniel Blake’ moved Cannes audiences to tears and is greeted with shouts of ‘BRAVO!’ Black Triangle Campaign is in the film’s credits for our work in advising Scottish scriptwriter Paul Laverty on the WCA and sanctions system which is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith, Stephen Crabb, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Equality, foodbanks, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Politics, Poverty, Society, UK news, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

COMMENT:Long-awaited peer reviews suggest ministers failed to act after deaths of ‘vulnerable’ claimants

By John Pring Disability News Service Saturday 14th May 2016 After 21 months of smokescreens, excuses, obstruction and secrecy, work and pensions ministers have finally been forced to publish some of the conclusions reached by their own civil servants about … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Comment, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, Poverty, Society, UNCRPD, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Suicides of benefit claimants reveal DWP flaws, says inquiry

By Patrick Butler and John Pring ‘Peer reviews’ challenge claims by ministers that there is no connection between welfare reform policies and deaths of vulnerable claimants A series of secret internal inquiries into the deaths of people claiming social security … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Disability News Service, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Patrick Butler, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | 2 Replies

The increasing death toll due to the loss of benefits

The increasing death toll due to the loss of benefits Thank to Maggie Zolobajluk @22magoo for her support in this extremely sad task. 14 Sep 2015 — The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) published guidance to Jobcentre officials who decide whether … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Disability Discrimination, DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Maria Miller, Stephen Crabb, Unum, WCA Deaths | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Politics, Poverty, UK news, UNCRPD, Work Capability Assessment | 2 Replies

Crabb’s mixed signals on fresh disability benefit cuts

The new work and pensions secretary has sent out mixed signals on whether he wants to make further cuts to spending on disability benefits. Stephen Crabb, who was appointed after the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith in March, was giving … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, Stephen Crabb, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Benefits, DWP, John Pring, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Hundreds of thousands of disabled people in ‘destitution’, research suggests

Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are living in destitution, the first piece of research to look at extreme poverty in the UK suggests. The study, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, found that in 2015 there were 1.25 million … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, DWP, Human Rights, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Secret DWP proposal to scrap ESA ‘substantial risk’ rules ‘would breach right to life’

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed scrapping two benefit regulations that offer vital protection to disabled people facing the controversial “fitness for work” test. In response to a freedom of information request, DWP has sent Disability News … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Human Rights, Unum, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Revealed: DWP’s secret, ‘financially devastating’ proposals for benefits appeals

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has drawn up secret plans for sweeping reforms that would make it far harder for disabled people to appeal against having their benefit claims turned down. The heavily-redacted document was sent to Disability … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Disability Discrimination, DWP, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Benefits, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Preventable Harm Is Government Policy

Government claims that welfare reforms are necessary, disregards the inevitable deaths they created, writes researcher Mo Stewart By: Mo Stewart Date: Tuesday, 12 April, 2016 – See more at: http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/resources/preventable-harm-government-policy#sthash.1iWr1RuX.dpuf There have been many articles regarding the negative impact of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, DWP, Unum, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, disability rights, Human rights, Politics, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 2 Replies

WATCH ‪#‎BBCQT‬ ‪#‎BBCbias‬: Man’s question to ‪Tories‬ ignored over current ‪UN‬ ‪CRPD‬ ‪‎investigation‬ into UK disability rights violations

BBC Question Time, Grimsby, Thursday 22nd October 2015 LINK TO FULL SEGMENT [Scroll to 35 minutes 35 seconds into the programme for the question]: HERE It’s also worth pointing out that the only person who has been on Question Time … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Abuse of Disabled People, Alan Johnson, BBC, BBC BIAS, BBC Question Time, BBCQT, Benefit Cuts, Benefit Death, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, China, China State Visit, David Cameron, disability rights, Disabled People, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Germaine Greer, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, ILF, Independent Living Fund, Jonathan Dimbleby, Nadhim Zahawi, Question Time, sanctions, UK Human Rights Vilations, UN, UNCRPD, UNCRPD Investigation, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare, Xi Jinping | Leave a reply

#JFMOS #PMQs David Cameron challenged twice in a minute over disability rights violations

By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 22 October 2015 The prime minister has had to defend his record on disability rights twice in a minute, after being questioned about both a UN inquiry and the death of a north … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged #JFMOS, Angus Robertson, Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Corbyn, cuts, David Cameron, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Jeremy Corbyn, John Pring, Labour, Michael O'Sullivan, PMQ, PMQs, Politics, Prime Minister's Questions, Scotland, Scottish National Party, SNP, UNCRPD, Welfare, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | 3 Replies

#JFMOS Michael O’Sullivan scandal: Inquest notes expose shocking failings of WCA system

The shocking failings of the work capability assessment system – and the healthcare assessors who are paid to police it – have been exposed by the family of one of its victims.

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, David Cameron, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, Right to Life, UN, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | Leave a reply

#JFMOS Michael O’Sullivan scandal: DWP twice pushed dad-of-two to suicide bid

Disabled Michael O’Sullivan had already tried to take his own life once before because of government attempts to force him back to work

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Disability News Service, disability rights, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Politics, UN, UNCRPD, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | Leave a reply

#ChinaStateVisit : UK Human Rights Violations List of Deaths of Disabled People Killed by The British Conservative Government 2010 – 2015

Black Triangle’s List of Deaths Linked to Benefit Loss arising from Welfare Reforms Wednesday 20th October 2015 Please note: Although 68 cases are listed the number of deaths is 70 as two cases involved couples where both took their own … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, China State Visit, Conservatives, David Cameron, Democide, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, ECHR, Human rights, Human Rights Act, Human Rights Violations, Iain Duncan Smith, Right to Life, Scotland, UDHR, UK news, UN, UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights, UNCRPD, United Nations, Work Capability Assessment, Xi Jinping | 6 Replies

Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Chief coroner silent over WCA ‘future deaths’ reports 

By John Pring Disability News Service Friday 25th September 2015 The chief coroner of England and Wales has refused to act after it emerged that only one coroner has written an official report warning that lives could be put at … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Blog, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Black, Black Triangle, Coroner, DWP, IDS, Michael O'Sullivan, Suicide, WCA, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

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