‘Workfare schemes are bad for every one of us’ ~ Letters to The Guardian 8th August 2012
Letters to The Guardian, Wednesday 8 August 2012 21.00 BST The ruling against Cait Riley and Jamieson Wilson (Unpaid work schemes
Month: August 2012
The State of Texas? A State of Shame! Texas Executes Disabled Man with an IQ of 61 by Lethal Injection
Under no circumstances must the United Kingdom capitulate to U.S. Justice Department pressure for Gary MacKinnon be handed over
‘The disturbing truth about disability assessments’ by Dr. Margaret McCartney RCGP (Glasgow) ~ British Medical Journal
BMJ 2012; 345 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5347 (Published 8 August 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e5347 Margaret McCartney, general practitioner, Glasgow Two recent television programmes made
‘Authorities’ ignored people with learning disabilities subjected to a routine of dangerous, gratuitous violence and torment at private hospital obsessed with profit-making
Private hospital patients were ‘routinely abused’ NINA LAKHANI The Independent, Wednesday 8th August 2012 Vulnerable patients with learning disabilities were
260 more cases of abuse and neglect of learning disabled people reported in institutions since BBC Panorama exposé 15 months ago
See also: https://blacktrianglecampaign.org/2012/08/06/warehousing-disabled-people/ Will Serious Case Review (SCR) spell end to Winterbourne View -style abuse? By Mithran Samuel, adults’ editor, August 7,
Final member of staff caught on camera abusing patients at Winterbourne View has pleaded guilty
By Rod Minchin The final member of staff caught on camera abusing patients at a care home at the centre of
The coalition government disregards the complexity of the benefits system and personal hardship at its peril … Continue reading
Judge says DWP’s warning letter to benefit claimant was not clear, making sanction for failing to work unpaid unlawful … Continue reading
Whatever happened to this site? Has the Indus Delta Website been issued with an AtoS et al. ‘Cease and Desist’ Notice???
Submitted by writebetweentheeyes on Tue, 03/07/2012 – 5:13pm Any explanation of the blocking of all comment making for the last
High Court finds workfare sanctions were unlawful
Posted: August 6th, 2012 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | 3 Comments » Today, the first ruling was made in a case which challenged the legality of
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SNP Work and Pensions spokesperson Dr Eilidh Whiteford MP raises ATOS contract concerns
Sun, 05/08/2012 – 10:24 An SNP MP has written to the UK Work and Pensions Secretary expressing concern at the
‘Disabled people face persecution’ ~ Letters to the Guardian ~ Sunday 5th August 2012
Letters: ‘Disabled people face persecution’ guardian.co.uk, Sunday 5 August 2012 21.00 BST Atos was at the centre of Panorama’s ‘Disabled or Faking
Warehousing disabled people?
By Savi Hensman, 31 Jul 2012 A cost-cutting proposal by Worcestershire County Council has caused widespread alarm among disabled people
Paralympics protest aims to strike ‘major blow’ against Atos
By John Pring, Disability News Service (DNS), Friday, 03 August 2012 Disabled activists look set to target next month’s Paralympics
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Decision to award PIP contracts to Atos is ‘twisting the knife’ ~ Open Civil Disobedience Predicted
Friday, 03 August 2012 One leading disabled activist said the decision to grant the contracts to Atos was “like turning
MPs suggest minister ignored ‘fitness for work’ re-test concerns
By John Pring, Disability News Service, Friday 3rd August 2012 Questions have been raised over a government minister’s failure to
Continue readingMPs suggest minister ignored ‘fitness for work’ re-test concerns
Single Mum? Immigrant Worker? Trade Unionist? Disabled? Then you’ll love Blame Bingo© ! A New Game for All the Family!
Blame Bingo … a new game for all the family! Posted on August 3, 2012 Unemployment by unemployedhack : Bookmark the permalink. Are you unemployed?
The nazti department ~ Revealed: DWP’s implicit threats to parents of disabled children to remove them
The nasty department: DWP threaten to take disabled children away from parents Iain Duncan Smith’s Department for Work and Pensions
2nd August 2012 – DWP Announces Award of £400m contracts to deliver PIP disability assessment services to AtoS ‘Healthcare’ Ltd
Today the Government announces the independent providers for the new assessment for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The providers have
Firm unexpectedly wins two contracts despite disquiet over handling of work capability assessment, while G4S misses out … Continue reading