By Kenneth Roy, Editor, The Scottish Review I. The story so far Although his family is probably beyond comfort, it would be comforting for the rest of us to imagine that the death of Muhammad Shukat was an isolated incident in the history of Serco, the British-owned multi-national which has just been awarded two lucrative […]
Exclusive: Firm set for NHS contracts allegedly massaged data• NHS watchdog inspection after whistleblower tip-offs• Serco says concerns about service are without foundation Cornish complaints raise questions over drive to outsource careCare Quality Commission: the NHS watchdogCornwall out-of-hours case study: Eve Tonkin Share 122 ESSENTIAL BRIEFING: These articles on SERCO must be read in the […]
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The Green Benches Blog by Dr Éoin Clarke (PhD) As we all know the Welfare Reform Bill is now law. The 2012 budget showed that excluding the extra set up costs for the Universal Credit, there is £5.5bn of savings (read cuts) on top of the CSR £13bn cuts in Welfare spending. George Osborne also […]
Concern over ‘gaps’ in safety role of DWP’s chief medical adviser The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been unable to explain why its chief medical adviser has no responsibility for safeguarding across significant parts of its work, including for key roles introduced after a disabled claimant starved to death. Dr Gail Allsopp, who […]
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th November 2017 A university has been forced to remove the name of a pioneer of the disabled people’s movement from an annual series of lectures, after it invited a leading critic of his work to deliver the first talk. The University of Leeds decided to launch the Finkelstein […]
18th August 2016 Problems with the flawed computer system used to deal with claims for the government’s new disability benefit have left hundreds of callers stuck in lengthy telephone queues. The system used for new personal independence payment (PIP) claims has crashed twice in a fortnight, leaving disabled callers unable to get through to lodge […]
The computer system used for new personal independence payment (PIP) claims has crashed twice in a week, just days after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) insisted it was “working as it should”. On both occasions, last Wednesday (11 May) and Monday this week (16 May), the system – designed and maintained by IT […]
Black Triangle DPAC and WoW Petition Joint Statement on the Bizarre ATOS Exit Strategy from the DWP WCA Contract
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.
Do the charities work for us? Or are they all in the pockets of big business and slaves to neoliberal corporate ideology? You decide. Charity Sector lobbied Hunt not to Water Down Controversial NHS privatisation Regulations Charity boss Sir Stephen Bubb lobbied alongside the head of a private healthcare trade group to persuade Jeremy […]
By Janice Burns 22 Aug 2013 07:18 THE 46-year-old who suffers from scoliosis and arthritis has had court action taken against her to force her to leave her flat. A SEVERELY disabled single mum is to become the first council tenant in Scotland to be evicted because of the bedroom tax. […]
The winners are private equity and shareholders. The losers are the low-paid and the vulnerable. And in the end we all pay
This descent into inhumanity and barbarism must end Read with: A baby boy starved to death in Westminster as his seriously ill and “socially isolated” mother struggled to obtain proper housing, benefits and support, a serious case review into his death has revealed JOHN GRAYSON 8 November 2012 G4S: securing whose world? The UK […]
Black Triangle Campaign Initial response to the news that Atos has sub-contracted Salus to carry out Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) across Scotland LINK: https://blacktrianglecampaign.org/2012/10/10/disabled-scots-to-be-spared-atos-assessment-after-firm-forced-into-retreat-thanks-to-daily-record-campaign/ Atos has announced that it has now appointed NHS Lanarkshire to carry out consultations for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment delivery in Scotland What a perverse situation – a private […]
Left Strategy, Scottish Policy, UK Policy Oct 09, 2012 1 Comment The campaign against the welfare state is now in full-flow in Scotland. As we gear up to fight it, this is a simple guide to who is in the campaign, how its strategy works and lexicon through which it is delivered. What is really […]
Whoever made this decision at the top should be SACKED! ~ BTC By Tony Britton on September 6, 2012 Consultant occupational therapist Sue Pemberton, who has been clinical lead of the Leeds and West Yorkshire ME/CFS service for 22 years, has parted company with the NHS after a major review of the service. The […]
Response to THIS ARTICLE in THE OBSERVER written by David’s Miliband & Alexander from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte N. Carolina. __________________________ I’ve posted on David Miliband before and will continue to do so every time he opens his big mouth to make public announcements attacking the Labour Left […]
1.55PM 19 July 2012 The BMA was an organisation that used to strike fear into the hearts of governments. So when the day of industrial action was called, it was hoped that it would make the Government think again about its planned Maxwell-type act of theft on pensions. There was a sizeable body of support […]
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