The case of Sue Marsh, whose application for Disability Living Allowance was rejected despite having a debilitating disease, has highlighted the dangers of the Coalition’s welfare reforms … Continue reading
Month: December 2011
Department of Work and Pensions backtracks on denial of Guardian investigation that some jobcentres have been taking people off benefits amid pressure to meet targets … Continue reading
Soaring number of sanctions against unemployed amid claims that DWP staff are being told to trip people up with paperwork
• Get the data: the statistics behind jobseekers sanctions … Continue reading
Edwina Currie may deny it, but the shocking truth is that in Britain today many people have to chose between eating and paying the rent … Continue reading
Disability – Deafblind discriminated against in new assessment
Major faults outlined in Sense report. A major review of the new assessment arrangements for individuals seeking benefits has been undertaken by Sense, the charity which
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Cancer benefit proposals amended after criticism
The government has rewritten plans to change benefits for cancer patients following criticism from charities. It said it was clear
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What to do when you receive notice that you have “Failed” your Atos “W.C.A.” Assessment
IMPORTANT UPDATES: How to Gain Exemption from DWP/Atos ‘Fit for Work’ & WRAG decisions by Applying ESA Regulations 29 and
Welfare reform may see families lose homes
Many social housing tenants face either losing their homes or paying large penalties because under new government proposals they are
Unum Surveillance – Foiled!
Coming to the UK soon, courtesy of UNUM! One of our clients called today to report a Unum surveillance which
Opinion | Commentators Owen Jones: Here’s the question… could you live on £67 a week?
In a church in Birmingham Ladywood, one of Britain’s poorest communities, I recently sat next to Edwina Currie as she
Unum Whistle Blowers Weigh In – Medical Discrimination and Personal Activity Projects
I hope our readers are staying on top of some of the comments to posts added recently. Unum employees and ex-employees are contacting us
Now it’s Real. First Cancer Patients, Now Government slash benefits for Disabled Children
Last night, the House of Lords failed to support an amendment put down by Tanni Grey-Thompson, the most successful paralympian
King’s Fund says government making mistake by handing NHS budgets to GPs without any body having oversight … Continue reading
It’s not just Rupert Murdoch and his crooks. All the corporate barons who corrupted our political system must be unmasked … Continue reading
A Town Called Malice
‘New blitz on benefit cheats’ trumpets the Daily Express http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/287882/New-blitz-on-benefit-cheats. ‘The Government is joining forces with Crimestoppers to make it
A Rolling Festive Phone-in to Atos ‘Healthcare’
As part of the National Month of Festive Action Against Atos we are calling for a rolling mass telephone complaint to poverty
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Laurie Penny: How could Labour have been so cruel?
It’s because of the previous government that cancer patients are suffering additional pain? By Laurie Penny Cancer patients are to
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University of Essex – Trends in the Employment of Disabled People in Britain
Non-technical summary The number of disabled men and women claiming out-of-work benefits has been of concern both to policy makers (worried
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The politicians driving welfare changes have personal experience of the support they are seeking to erase … Continue reading
Manufacturing Ignorance: the Centre for Social Justice and Welfare Reform in Britain
The dramatic scenes in English cities last August of burning buildings, bands of hooded and masked youths pillaging stores, and
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