Paralysed teenager on life support since birth told to attend DWP/AtoS Work Capability Assessment or lose his benefits
Liam Barker, 18, can only communicate by blinking A letter Job Centre Plus said he might have to attend
Month: September 2012
Pathological liar Clegg claimed in ‘Sorry’ video that LibDems are ‘protecting the vulnerable in tough times’ ~ Tim Farron ignores desperate family’s cry for help
Email Conversation with MP asking for urgent help See: Nick Clegg “I’m Sorry” ~ At least Judas had the grace
Disabled people are being ‘unfairly targeted in what amounts to collective punishment – prohibited under 1949 Geneva Conventions’.
‘Disabled people are ‘collateral damage’ in government’s austerity war’ new report reveals Disabled people are losing four times as much
Only the Union Can Kill the Poor ~ Wings Over Scotland
Posted on September 19, 2012 in Wings Over Scotland by Rev. Stuart Campbell If you’re still not convinced that the
Continue readingOnly the Union Can Kill the Poor ~ Wings Over Scotland
Politics Weekly podcast: party conference season preview ~ Any hope for disabled people?
PODCAST : Seumas Milne, Polly Toynbee and Martin Kettle join Tom Clark to preview this year’s political party conference season
DWP/DoH/NHS Welfare Quackery – Occupational Health Consultant Sue Pemberton parts company with Leeds & W.Yorks ME/CFS service: Replaced by a SHRINK
Whoever made this decision at the top should be SACKED! ~ BTC By Tony Britton on September 6, 2012
SNP’s Dr. Eilidh Whiteford: “I think that you can be very sure that we wouldn’t be asking disabled people to pay for a recession that wasn’t of their own making. I think that’s been the most appalling thing.”
BBC Scotland Newsnight – Welfare Reform – 19th September 2012 This programme is available to watch again until 26th September What
Iain Duncan Smith promises more disabled benefits cuts in Scotland ~ The Scottish Daily Record
By David Clegg Comments 20 Sep 2012 07:36 THE Work and Pensions Secretary was the man behind bringing in Atos, who have
Nick Clegg says “Sorry” ……
At least Judas had the grace to hang himself ~ Smeejit Clegg
A CALL TO ACTION! Turn Paralympic Boos and the Spirit of Our AtoS Games into ‘A Future That Works’ on October 20th: WE MUST FIGHT TO WIN THIS TIME!
Let’s turn our resistance into the biggest demonstration in British history this October 20th. Moreover, let us turn October
Academic Angela Kennedy Responds to Professor Sir Mansel Aylward’s Statements to Black Triangle and DPAC
By Angela Kennedy, Social Sciences Lecturer and Researcher and Author I was somewhat surprised to see Mansel Aylward’s changing view
Black Triangle: Note to Convener of the Scottish Parliament Welfare Reform Committee Michael McMahon Re: DWP Misleads Scottish Public
To: Michael McMahon MSP 19th September 2012 Dear Michael, This report by STV News includes a statement that DLA Overpayments amount
Atos make disabled people ‘feel like criminals’, Scot tells Scottish Parliament ~ Scottish Daily Record
HENRY SHERLOCK – who is blind – said the French firm made him jump through hoops to find out
The plight of a man who had to be rushed to hospital hours after arriving in jail highlights the limitations of prison care … Continue reading
DWP/ATOS/UNUM SCANDAL: An Academic Responds with Disbelief to Professor Aylward’s statement to Black Triangle and DPAC outside the IFDM2012 conference, on 11th September 2012.
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Blind man tells Scottish Parliament “I thought the days of the blind man begging with a cup on street corners were gone. Sadly, that is not the case.”
MSPs hear UK welfare reforms ‘force blind man to beg’ From Democracy Live: Henry Sherlock spoke to the committee
29th British Social Attitudes Survey ~ How are you ‘framing’ that? How the Public Massively Overestimates Benefit Fraud
Should be read with: How the public massively overestimates benefit fraud By bullingdonknobheads 18 September 2012 11:38PM The ignorance that lies
TERMINALLY ill Janet McCall was declared fit for work – five months before she died: Scots reveal their fears as callous Con-Dem welfare cuts will see 74,000 lose their benefits
By Maggie Barry, David Clegg Comments 18 Sep 2012 00:37 JUST weeks after the Paralympics gave disabled people in Scotland hope that they might
‘Our support for disabled people’ ~ UNUM replies to our letter to ‘attacking Unum’s reputation’ in The Guardian
The letter (13 September) from John McArdle and Dr Stephen Carty of the Black Triangle Campaign attacked Unum’s reputation. At
Committee condemns ‘unfair’ plans for part-time workers amid growing controversy over universal credit … Continue reading