Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
Running on empty: the desperate families forced to turn to the food bank for survival … Continue readingLorraine from Glasgow had cancer but was forced to starve and rely on the foodbank by DWP-Atos who over-ruled her doctors and declared her ‘fit-for-work’
Disabled Dennis Jones has been found dead after his benefits were cut five weeks before he died because he had returned a form late … Continue readingDisabled man ‘crushed by financial pressure’ found dead at Atherton home after his benefits were stopped
Don’t let the bluster, incompetence and misinformation obscure the Quiet Man’s true, Tory purpose: destroying the welfare safety net … Continue readingMAKE NO MISTAKE: Iain Duncan Smith wants the end of social security
We Are Spartacus releases its ‘almanac of condemnation’, a devastating critique of welfare reforms backed with case studies … Continue readingAt last, a report that skewers Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare policies
Black Triangle and fellow anti-workfare demonstrators blockade Salvation Army shop in Edinburgh … Continue readingAnti-workfare demonstrators blockade Salvation Army shop in Edinburgh
As the world remembers Mandela, here are some of the things he believed that many will gloss over … Continue readingSix Things Nelson Mandela Believed That Most People Won’t Talk About
Mental Health Resistance Network: Court of Appeal rejects DWP appeal against landmark ruling by Upper Tribunal that the DWP-Atos Work Capability Assessment discriminates against people with mental health problems … Continue readingPRESS RELEASE: Government appeal against Work Capability Assessment discrimination ruling is rejected ~ Mental Health Resistance Network
Victory for disability rights campaigners as DWP loses appeal against Judicial Review ruling at the Court of Appeal … Continue readingVictory for welfare campaigners as DWP loses appeal against work capability assessment ruling
Scottish independence is a lifeboat for disabled Scots: To vote YES is a vote for life. It is NOT a vote of no solidarity with our disabled sisters and brothers south of the border … Continue readingScottish independence: A lifeboat for disabled people drowning in a sea of cuts