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Jan 9th, 2013 Press Release From the Mental Health Resistance Network. Re: Judicial Review of the Work Capability Assessment On
Continue readingPress Release: MHRN Judicial Review into the DWP-Atos Work Capability Assessment
January 9th, 2013 I am very pleased to announce that the elected Back-Bench Business Committee in the Commons has now
Continue readingAtos debate in the House of Commons set for 17th January 2013
Black Triangle supporter Karl Winnett WRITES: The Conservative Party are, if you didn’t already realise, playing the same game as they did
Continue readingSinister agenda of Tory buffoons is revealed ~ Scottish Daily Record
The way in which the entire debate on benefits seems to be taking place entirely outside the realms of logic
Continue reading‘The welfare debate and the end of reason’ by Alex Andreou (New Statesman)
Published on 9 Jan 2013 The European Union says nearly a quarter of its population is at risk of poverty or
Continue readingVIDEO: Al Jazeera reports on disability cuts from Edinburgh
OWEN JONES Wednesday 9 January 2013 A brutal assault from ideologically-crazed demagogues comes down to this: you have been mugged and
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Disability Law Service, which provides advice to disabled clients facing cuts, expects surge in demand for its services in 2013 … Continue reading
This economic model isn’t delivering jobs or decent wages. The real scroungers are greedy landlords and employers … Continue reading
Tory ministers have repeatedly implied disdain for non-workers with references to policies to help ‘hard-working families’ … Continue reading
Stressed social workers, compassionate nurses, advocates for better care, all those surviving their struggles – these are the people who deserve to be nominated … Continue reading
Guardian Editorial 9th January 2013 It used to be called social security. Now it’s more often referred
Support for benefit cuts based on ignorance, research shows By agency reporter 4th January 2012 Ministers should not assume that
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Plans to withhold benefits from obese people unless they go to the gym sit awkwardly alongside tax breaks for the rich … Continue reading
Independent? Aye? FRIDAY 04 JANUARY 2013 Ministers were accused last night of demonising benefits claimants in an attempt to justify
I see work capability assessments damaging patients struggling with mental health issues and serious illness Anna Pilkington guardian.co.uk, Friday 4 January
It’s tempting to side with conservative Eeyores. But from peace in Ulster to US healthcare, the progressive case is clear … Continue reading
Working reforms will introduce job guarantee plan for long-term claimants over 25, announces Ed Balls … Continue reading
Opposition outlines ‘tough approach’ with scheme to oblige long-term unemployed to take up a job, or lose benefits … Continue reading