Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
By Philippa Willitts The Independent Wednesday, 1 August 2012 at 10:59 am An ‘inspirational’ photo has been making its way around Twitter
Continue readingBad attitudes do not cause disability any more than good attitudes guarantee health
30 July, 2012 – 17:20 — Hannah Shrimpton Several papers commented upon new figures showing the duration and reason for various
Continue readingHow many have claimed benefits for acne for more than a decade?
30 July, 2012 – 17:35 — Owen Spottiswoode The Telegraph claimed over the weekend that ‘new figures’ revealed that over
Continue readingAre half of ‘sickness benefit’ claimants found ‘fit’ – finding work?
Cameron and Osborne’s neoliberal agenda promised prosperity for all, but created a totalitarian capitalism that feeds on crisis … Continue reading
By Christina Patterson Wednesday, 1 August 2012 Last autumn, I spent a couple of days shadowing the Lib Dem MP Stephen
Continue readingIs MP Stephen Lloyd (LD) proud of what the Government has been doing on disability?
‘This ludicrous campaign is all part of Prime Minister Cameron’s equally ludicrous campaign to “pay down the deficit”; it is
At sittings in Westminster Hall on Tuesdays and Wednesdays there are two one-and-a-half hour debates and three half-hour debates. The
Update from Sonia 1st August 2012 21.55 hrs The deadline for Ed Miliband letter has been extended until Friday midday
Continue readingLetter to Ed Miliband by Sonia Poulton ~ PLEASE ADD YOUR NAMES ON THE LINK PROVIDED
Emails complain of ‘tone’ and ‘negative comments’ in official advice to people appealing against having benefit taken away … Continue reading
Published by Ross Macmillan for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Central Government, Communities, Local Government Asked about the 30% success rate in appeals, he (Grayling) added:
Continue readingMan died 39 days after being found ‘fit for work’ by Government assessors
TUESDAY, 31 JULY 2012 Fear, Loathing and Disability in the Torygraph It turns out yesterday’s attacks on us in
Continue reading‘Fear, Loathing and Disability in the Torygraph’ ~ by ‘Where’s the Benefit?’ Blog
July 31st, 2012 | by Maeve McClenaghan Last night there aired not one, but two documentaries about Atos and the
Posted: 4.51pm Tue 31 Jul 2012 Tory minister who grabbed £100,000 expenses now attacks ‘scroungers’ Chris Grayling, the Tory work
by Sam Bogg This article should be read after: A gold medal for hypocrisy “Why aren’t you dead then?” This was
Continue readingAtos hounds terminally ill people off benefits, says investigation
As Panorama showed, the pressure on medical assessors to declare sickness benefits claimants fit for work is immense … Continue reading
Activists to protest against sponsorship of the Games by Atos, the private firm that carries out government fitness-for-work tests … Continue reading
By Kaliya Franklin Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 3:05 pm “Do you have the potential to return to work?” states Chris Grayling, Minister
Continue readingBenefits and targets: Sickness and disability are not the same
By Amy Hall A cockroach, a tapeworm, herpes, a blood-sucking leech – just some of the terms used to describe Atos
Claire Churchard 31 July 2012 Government advisor says assessment quality ‘patchy’ Work Capability Assessments (WCA) are passing people as ‘fit
Continue readingFit to work benefits tests flawed, finds TV investigation ~ People Management
31 July 2012 | Claudia Wood Recent media coverage has exposed the unfairness, inhumanity and high public cost of the government’s
Continue readingBenefit tests that are not fit for purpose ~ Public Finance