Eight union leaders attack Labour's newly promoted employment spokeswoman for 'bashing the victims of failure'
Cancer killed my husband, but Atos took his dignity a long time ago says grieving widow
Starving Homeless Afghanistan War Veteran Charged £31 a week Bedroom Tax ~ in temporary accommodation
First Minister tells SNP Conference that Westminster is humiliating disabled people and that it is a disgrace that a UN Representative was forced to comment on an injustice in 21st Century Scotland
"My message to Hunt is unequivocal: Scotland rejects your politics, your attack on staff and your desire to destroy the real NHS" ~ Alex Neil
Within the confines of devolution and against the constraints of a Westminster government that does not share our vision ... We go the extra mile to pick up the pieces from bad Westminster decisions: Never has that been more the case than on the welfare reform programme ~ John Swinney
The vulnerable and disabled are paying the price of things as they are now. A No vote will guarantee that that will continue as the welfare state will be dismantled in Scotland ~ Nicola Sturgeon tells conference
Dick Gaughan: "There is nothing about solidarity which implies any necessity for political or cultural union"
Sunshine on Maryhill ~ How I Learned to Stop Detesting Poor People
The YES Scotland campaign can turn the debate around by focusing on the dismantling of the welfare state south of the border
Britain's Disabled People are facing a Holocaust of Cuts
'Genetically poor' folk are returning food from the foodbank because they cannot afford to heat it up
By Will Heaven October 16th, 2013 ‘When I interviewed the Bolsover MP for Sky […]
Labour Shadow DWP Rachel Reeves is clear: Labour would set the struggling against the poorest
The current union is in trouble. Perhaps a way forward would be for the United Kingdom to re-organise ...
Notice to Politicians of All Stripes: Welfare is not a contract between the state and the people, it is a contract between the people themselves. This is not your welfare state to give or take away.
New Minister "for" Disabled People Mike Penning defends the Government DWP-ATOS Work Capability Assessment régime
With an election not far away, it doesn't matter if policies work – only that they come down hard on "malingerers" and migrants, writes John Harris
Rather than challenge the myths and lies propagated by the tabloid media UK Labour are keen to try to outflank IDS and the Tories on the Right. How can the victims of the financial crisis and disabled people support this travesty of a party?
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‘Can’t work through stress? Tough luck if you are poor’ ~ An exhausted banker gets unlikely sympathy from the City. Atos shows no sign of following this example