There are concerns that reductions in benefits and public services will significantly and disproportionately affect disabled people. What progress has […]
Sick people could be signed off long-term work by an independent panel rather than their family doctor, a report is […]
People should be signed off for long-term sickness by an independent assessment service not GPs, a government-backed review says. The […]
More stories of medical tyranny, with Atos mentioned 🙁 Reports are being written all over the UK and probably worldwide on […]
Over the past year the Black Triangle Campaign has developed in both scope and influence from an informal Facebook group […]
As reported in today’s Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/16/young-jobseekers-work-pay-unemployment), Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) have begun a legal action challenging the Coalition Government’s ‘Mandatory […]
More Meddling from Unum in Government policy? UnumProvident is the UKs leading provider of group income protection insurance, with over […]
BRUSSELS – Already at the margins of society by virtue of casual discrimination, disabled people are often among the worst hit […]
The Countess of Mar tabled a Written Question asking the Government why, in view of the fact that Chronic Fatigue […]
Two Nottingham residents, a pensioner and a wheelchair user, dubbed the ‘Atos Two’ have today (Tuesday November 15th) been charged […]
On 18th July 2011 Professor Malcolm Hooper wrote to the Secretary of State at The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) […]
A father-of-four awaiting a kidney transplant and on benefits has been told that he is fit to work and could […]
MPs have accused the government of “pandering to the Daily Mail” over the issue of incapacity benefit reform, after it published a […]
A disabled peer has accused her own government of behaving like a dishonest insurance company over its treatment of hundreds […]
Thousands of disabled people who have been assessed under new government rules as fit for work are having the decision […]
“Latest DWP stats show that only 6% of new Disability Living Allowance claimants last year (January to December 2010) had […]
Proof of Unum influencing Government policy? EXECUTIVE SUMMARY UnumProvident has been operating in the UK for over 30 years, and is […]
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