Politically sensitive draft GMC guidance says doctors should enourage patients to stay in or return to work … Continue reading
Month: October 2011
Warning over legal aid cuts for disabled people
Ministers are being urged not to restrict legal aid for disabled people wanting to challenge benefit decisions. A coalition of
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Cameron has broken ‘cast-iron’ pledge to protect the NHS, official figures show
Statistics analysed by the House of Commons Library show health service spending fell in real terms in the coalition’s first
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Union ridiculed over defence of Atos Healthcare workers
Disabled activists have poured scorn on a union’s claims that its members have been unfairly criticised for the way they
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Stickers promoting DWP Examinations Forum & Black Triangle
These posters have been designed to be printed out on standard Avery sticky labels so that people can print them
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Private Eye Again – Unum Ad Nauseam
With it’s “Back-up Plan currently airing during Downtown Abbey ad breaks and in other peak viewing slots on ITV and
Increase in negative coverage of disability issues in print media, report finds
There has been a significant increase in the amount of negative reporting of disability issues in the print media, according
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UK gov’t asks Google to remove 333 pieces of content from the web
135 were videos posted to YouTube that are thought to affect ‘national security’ The UK government asked Google to remove
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Factcheck: Were 1 in 8 rioters in receipt of incapacity benefits?
“’Too sick to work’ but not too sick to riot: One in eight defendants were on incapacity or disability benefit.” Daily
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Grayling: Government reforms to the Work Capability Assessment start to “show results”
The Government’s commitment to provide greater protection for the severely disabled is taking effect, with the latest figures revealing an
‘YOU COULDN’T MAKE IT UP – OR COULD YOU?’ MISLEADING DWP ‘FIT FOR WORK’ PRESS RELEASES FAN THE FLAMES OF PREJUDICE
This briefing anticipates the forthcoming DWP quarterly statistical bulletin about the Work Capability Assessment and casts a sceptical eye on
Kathryn Cartwright joins Birmingham benefits protest
Kathryn Cartwright has undergone several transplants. A lung condition means she cannot walk far. She is one of 200 people
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Rising energy bills will put millions at risk from ‘fuel poverty gap’ … Continue reading
Disabled people protest in Edinburgh over benefit cuts
Hundreds of disabled people have gathered in Edinburgh for a mass rally against the UK government’s plans to reform disability
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Disability: The difficulties of the Hardest Hit
Disabled people, their carers, friends and family, are protesting against proposed changes to vital benefits and services in 14 places
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Internet Censorship Bullies Strike Again?
It looks like possibly the DWP, (Department of Worry & Pain as one of our clan calls them), have been
Welfare reform: The fight for disabled people just got harder
The new mantra of ‘something for something’ may disadvantage disabled people, says Alice Maynard, if that something means work that
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Analysis by Hardest Hit campaigners shows that government will have to take an extra £1bn from social security … Continue reading
They may not be taking on capitalism or stopping all wars, but this weekend disabled people will try to protect their basic rights … Continue reading