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Edinburgh: Iain Duncan Smith branded ‘ratbag’ by protester over welfare reforms ~ STV News

March 27, 2013March 27, 2013 JJ

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Iain Duncan Smith heckled at Edinburgh speech ~ Edinburgh Evening News

March 27, 2013March 27, 2013 JJ

Work and Pensions minister Iain Duncan Smith was interrupted by protesters in Edinburgh. Picture: Getty By

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March 26, 2013August 28, 2013 JJ

Campaigners raise alarm as English councils replace cash loans with payment cards for people facing short-term financial crises … Continue reading

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Atos Fit-For-Work Row: Carer For Bolton Amputee Who Had Benefits Cut Speaks Out

March 26, 2013 JJ

Felicity A Morse Felicity.Morse@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 25/03/2013 16:53 GMT | Updated: 25/03/2013 18:30 GMT A community worker caring for a man who was

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Migrants aren’t the scroungers

March 26, 2013March 26, 2013 JJ

Morning Star Comment Monday 25 March 2013 UKIP leader Nigel Farage must be delirious at the spectacle of all

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Scottish Labour must get serious about battling the bedroom tax, its own MSP has warned as £4.5 billion in welfare cuts loom beyond the border

March 26, 2013 JJ

Britain ‘MSP rallies Labour over bedroom tax‘ Monday 25 March 2013 by Rory MacKinnon Morning Star Scotland reporter Scottish Labour

Continue readingScottish Labour must get serious about battling the bedroom tax, its own MSP has warned as £4.5 billion in welfare cuts loom beyond the border

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CONCISE GUIDE TO WELFARE REFORMS 2010 – 2017 ~ CHURCH URBAN FUND

March 26, 2013March 26, 2013 JJ

CUF research Welfare reform Research Since coming to power in 2010, the coalition government has undertaken a radical reform of our welfare

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March 26, 2013August 28, 2013 JJ

The three big parties are pushing cowardly, populist policies as they compete to sound as tough as Ukip … Continue reading

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March 26, 2013August 28, 2013 JJ

Local authority leaders in England and Wales tell Guardian survey that municipal finances are increasingly ‘unsustainable’ … Continue reading

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March 26, 2013August 28, 2013 JJ

Thousands of people with learning difficulties face losing daycare support if categorised as having moderate needs … Continue reading

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March 26, 2013August 28, 2013 JJ

Failure to rescue the US bank will be borne in mind, but the European precedent to current woes is also worth consideration … Continue reading

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March 26, 2013August 28, 2013 JJ

Local councils are cowed by cuts and the opposition too cautious: only bold action can salvage investment for growth … Continue reading

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March 26, 2013August 28, 2013 JJ

The ‘private good, public bad’ madness sees a bedroom tax foisted on the poor while the rich amass vast property wealth … Continue reading

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DWP LEAKED DOCUMENT: Walthamstow Jobcentre Plus memo on sanction targets

March 26, 2013March 26, 2013 JJ

DWP Whistleblower Letter See also: Lords reject inquiry into whether jobcentres have sanctions targets Posted on March 26, 2013 Jobcentre sanctions:

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March 26, 2013August 28, 2013 JJ

Government defeats motion to investigate if managers are being given quotas to get people off benefits … Continue reading

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March 26, 2013August 28, 2013 JJ

Fresh written proof comes as head of Jobcentre Neil Couling claimed previous leaks pointed to an isolated incident … Continue reading

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March 26, 2013August 28, 2013 JJ

Len McCluskey says Ed Miliband must offer radical alternative to austerity or be consigned to the electoral dustbin … Continue reading

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Birmingham: Boycott Workfare National Week of Action Picket Report ~ End Slave Labour At Poundland

March 24, 2013 JJ

by Birmingham Against The Cuts | March 24, 2013 · 11:24 am As part of the Boycott Workfare

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Will Ed Miliband scrap PIP and keep DLA? (Answer: vague) I asked Ed Miliband if he would abandon Personal Independence Payments and keep Disability Living Allowance

March 24, 2013 JJ

YES OR NO ED?

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Owen Jones On How Community Organising Can Challenge Welfare Reform – Video

March 24, 2013 JJ

'Down With All That' In-depth background reading on the shambles of the (rapidly disappearing) welfare state
Aktion T4 The T4 Program was responsible for the murder of over 100,000 German citizens…babies, children, adults, and elderly…who had physical and mental disabilities. Developed in 1938 and carried out at six different sites throughout Germany and Austria, the T4 P
AtoS Healthcare User Group (Closed Group – Request to Join) “How do you feel about the Government’s move in scrapping Income Support and Disability Living Allowance and the organisation calling itself AtoS ‘HEALTHCARE’ ?”
Atos Miracles Find out where your nearest Atos Miracle Cure Center is on this fantastic web site.
Atos Miracles A place for the sick and disabled to share stories of how ATOS have cured them. Many sites on this subject have been threatened with legal action by the company and this is a place of satire – which we are hoping is not yet outlawed in the UK.
ATOS VICTIMS GROUP “Telling it How it IS” – Staunch alllies and fighters against the UK’s genocidal so-called welfare ‘reform’ programme
Benefits Claimants Fight Back
Boycott Workfare Workfare – compulsory work for benefits – is being rolled-out across the country. We call on public sector bodies, voluntary organisations and businesses being offered these placements as well as union branches to join others in signing a pledge to boycot
Crippen Cartoons The website of David Luton-Crippen, renown disabled cartoonist and a member of The Black Triangle
Crippen Cartoons Blog David Luton-Crippen’s blog
Diary of a Benefits Scrounger Sue Marshes excellent blog that shares information on Welfare cuts, illness, disability and general, current, political thought.
Disability Arts Online A ‘must read’! Not to be missed.
Disability History Month Scotland The official website of Disability History Month Scotland – 22nd November to 22nd December 2011
Disability History Month Scotland Held annually in the Autumn to celebrate our history of struggle and to build for a better future
Disabled People Against Cuts DPAC is about disabled people and their allies. DPAC is UK based but we know that disabled people in other countries are suffering from austerity cuts and a lack of fundamental rights. We welcome all to join us in fighting for justice and human rights for
Double Karma Ania Waterman’s blog on everything to do with disabled people’s activism
Down With All That Bigleyma’s excellent blog that chronicles the farce that the WCA assessments are and the major players involved in it’s execution.
DWP Examinations Forum A friendly online community for those undergoing an Atos Medical Assessment or appeal full of loads of information and valuable advice.
Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty Practical advice and solidarity for all those facing benefit difficulties and hardship. Excellent campaigning organisation
Good Advice Matters Guides that haven been produced in an effort to simplify the various processes involved when trying to claim benefits.
Inspired By Atos Origin A Facebook Group for people to post their artwork that is inspired by Atos Origin.
Ouch Too A disability support forum founded from the ashes of the BBC’s Ouch Board after they closed it.
Paralympics 2012 Boycott Website Dedicated to exposing AtoS’s hypocrisy as disability deniers and sponsors of the Paralympic Games! Paralympians: SPEAK OUT AND PROTEST!!!
Rolling with the Punches Blog “33 year old with lupus since 17 and a variety of other weird awkward symptoms!” Campaigner who co-authored the Spartacus Report
soiniciulacht – 'Taking the fight to this Morally Disabled Government' Cuts right to the heart of all that’s wrong with the neoliberal tyranny we endure today …
Solidarity Federation Advice on what to do if you ‘fail’ your DWP/ATOS Work Capability Assessment
The Broken of Britain Non-partisan UK-based Disability campaign. Advocacy for people with invisible illness and/or physical & mental health conditions. Also Carers, their Families and Friends. Our individual voices are too quiet to be heard, but collectively we can shout
The Dawn Willis Blog Dawn Willis sharing the news & views of the “Mentally Wealthy”
The New Republic The daily tabloid of the “Age of Austerity”
The Void Narking off the state since 2005
Unum Insurance Blog An excellent website that exposes advisor to the UK Government on welfare reform, Unum, for what they are.
Using the Law to Fight Cuts to Disabled People’s Services A practical guide for campaigners – disabled people and their families; carers and local groups (Updated July 2012)
Victims of Atos Corrupton They tried to silence Atos Register of Shame and it back as Victims of Atos Corruption.
Where's the Benefit A blog on all things that affect sick and/or disabled people under the ConDem jackboot
Why Wait Forever – DWP ATOS Veterans An amazing website containing interesting detailed research carried out by Mo Stewart into Atos & Unum Insurance
YOUR CALL – National Freephone Telephone Counselling Service for Disabled People in Scotland This is the first service of its kind in the UK. The service takes calls to its appointment line from 11am until 3 pm Mondays to Thursdays. Calls are free from a home telephone, and from most mobile networks(including T-Mobile, Vodaphone, O2, 3, Orange a

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