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The Great Crapsby: Why Iain Duncan Smith isn’t all he seems

Like Fitzgerald’s doomed, self-fictionalising hero Jay Gatsby, the Work and Pensions Secretary has constructed a personal narrative for […]

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on May 30

Hungry Britain: More than 500,000 people forced to use food banks, warns Oxfam

The number of people using foodbanks has trebled in past 12 months NIGEL MORRIS , CHARLIE COOPER THURSDAY 30 MAY […]

by JJ

on May 30

With news that suicides among older men are rising, it makes no sense to deny links between depression and economic insecurity

by JJ

on May 29

MM & DM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2013] UKUT 0260 (AAC) ~ JUDGMENT ~ Mental Health Resistance Network Successful Judicial Review Challenge of the DWP-Atos WCA

You are here > Home > Search decisions database Decision Summary Information Back to Results | Search Again | Most Recent Decisions Neutral Citation Number: 2013 […]

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on May 28

Linda Wootton who had a double heart and lung transplant and died nine days after DWP-Atos stopped her benefits had typed her appeal on an iPad “crying her eyes out” as she lay in hospital bed

By Ben Glaze 26 May 2013 00:01 She was told her employment and support allowance was being stopped as she lay dying […]

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on May 28

Major Projects Authority's performance report on 170 most expensive projects gives flagship scheme same 'amber-red' status as Crossrail and HS2

by JJ

on May 25

‘Labour to Toughen Stance Over Welfare Spending’ i paper report Friday 24th May 2013

The i paper Friday 24th May 2013

by JJ

on May 24

Duncan Smith to face grilling from MPs over misuse of statistics

The work and pensions select committee launches an inquiry after Duncan Smith was rebuked by the UK Statistics Authority […]

by JJ

on May 22

PRESS RELEASE: WCA JUDICIAL REVIEW VICTORY IN THE HIGH COURT ~ MENTAL HEALTH RESISTANCE NETWORK

Mental Health Resistance Network Wednesday 22nd May 2013 SENIOR JUDGES RULE THAT THE WORK CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST […]

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on May 22

VICTORY !!! MENTAL HEALTH RESISTANCE NETWORK’S JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE WCA: Finally – legal proof that disability benefits test is unfair for people with mental illness

22 May 2013 Paul Jenkins Three judges today confirmed what campaigners have been shouting from the rooftops for […]

by JJ

on May 22

UK Uncut loses: Taxman’s Goldman Sachs deal “not a glorious episode”, but lawful

MAY 22, 2013 BY ALASDAIR HENDERSON UK Uncut Legal Action Ltd v. (1) Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs […]

by JJ

on May 22

Flexible labour markets have created a growing 'precariat', who should have the right to a basic standard of living

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on May 22

Bedroom Tax evictions set to begin as first notification letters arrive

By Ros Wynne-Jones 22 May 2013 00:00 ROS WYNNE JONES’ REAL BRITAIN Just over a month since the tax began letters […]

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on May 22

Bedroom tax eviction nightmare as Scots Labour-run councils threaten to boot struggling families out of their homes

By Paul O’Hare 20 May 2013 07:29 OUTRAGE as council uses strong-arm tactics to enforce hated Con-Dem policy on hard-up […]

by JJ

on May 21

ESA Regulations 29 and 35 Campaign: Black Triangle to meet with Scottish Parliament Welfare Reform Committee chief this Thursday

By John McArdle Black Triangle Campaign Sunday 19th May 2013 As our members and supporters know, Black Triangle has been […]

by JJ

on May 19

Plymouth UKIP man quits after calling Scots ‘workshy addicts’ in Twitter rant

‘Brit Nat Down’ posted on May 18, 2013 by Rev. Stuart Campbell Thanks to the alert reader who pointed us at […]

by JJ

on May 19

Labour will not repeal the bedroom tax shadow DWP Byrne tells Geordies

By Adrian Pearson 17 May 2013 Labour cannot promise to repeal the bedroom tax, its shadow benefits minister has told a […]

by JJ

on May 18

Co-ordinator of Labour's policy review is charged with the task of defining party's 'One Nation' slogans

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on May 17

Party leader takes shelter in police riot van as demonstrators chant: 'Ukip scum off our streets'

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on May 17

Atos assessments are cruel and unethical says doctor who has resigned

‘Disability benefit assessments ‘unfair’, says ex-worker’ The fit to work tests were introduced in 2010 and have proved controversial […]

by JJ

on May 16

'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

The Great Crapsby: Why Iain Duncan Smith isn’t all he seems

Hungry Britain: More than 500,000 people forced to use food banks, warns Oxfam

MM & DM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2013] UKUT 0260 (AAC) ~ JUDGMENT ~ Mental Health Resistance Network Successful Judicial Review Challenge of the DWP-Atos WCA

Linda Wootton who had a double heart and lung transplant and died nine days after DWP-Atos stopped her benefits had typed her appeal on an iPad “crying her eyes out” as she lay in hospital bed

‘Labour to Toughen Stance Over Welfare Spending’ i paper report Friday 24th May 2013

Duncan Smith to face grilling from MPs over misuse of statistics

PRESS RELEASE: WCA JUDICIAL REVIEW VICTORY IN THE HIGH COURT ~ MENTAL HEALTH RESISTANCE NETWORK

VICTORY !!! MENTAL HEALTH RESISTANCE NETWORK’S JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE WCA: Finally – legal proof that disability benefits test is unfair for people with mental illness

UK Uncut loses: Taxman’s Goldman Sachs deal “not a glorious episode”, but lawful

Bedroom Tax evictions set to begin as first notification letters arrive

Bedroom tax eviction nightmare as Scots Labour-run councils threaten to boot struggling families out of their homes

ESA Regulations 29 and 35 Campaign: Black Triangle to meet with Scottish Parliament Welfare Reform Committee chief this Thursday

Plymouth UKIP man quits after calling Scots ‘workshy addicts’ in Twitter rant

Labour will not repeal the bedroom tax shadow DWP Byrne tells Geordies

Atos assessments are cruel and unethical says doctor who has resigned

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The Great Crapsby: Why Iain Duncan Smith isn’t all he seems

Hungry Britain: More than 500,000 people forced to use food banks, warns Oxfam

MM & DM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2013] UKUT 0260 (AAC) ~ JUDGMENT ~ Mental Health Resistance Network Successful Judicial Review Challenge of the DWP-Atos WCA

Linda Wootton who had a double heart and lung transplant and died nine days after DWP-Atos stopped her benefits had typed her appeal on an iPad “crying her eyes out” as she lay in hospital bed

‘Labour to Toughen Stance Over Welfare Spending’ i paper report Friday 24th May 2013

Duncan Smith to face grilling from MPs over misuse of statistics

PRESS RELEASE: WCA JUDICIAL REVIEW VICTORY IN THE HIGH COURT ~ MENTAL HEALTH RESISTANCE NETWORK

VICTORY !!! MENTAL HEALTH RESISTANCE NETWORK’S JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE WCA: Finally – legal proof that disability benefits test is unfair for people with mental illness

UK Uncut loses: Taxman’s Goldman Sachs deal “not a glorious episode”, but lawful

Bedroom Tax evictions set to begin as first notification letters arrive

Bedroom tax eviction nightmare as Scots Labour-run councils threaten to boot struggling families out of their homes

ESA Regulations 29 and 35 Campaign: Black Triangle to meet with Scottish Parliament Welfare Reform Committee chief this Thursday

Plymouth UKIP man quits after calling Scots ‘workshy addicts’ in Twitter rant

Labour will not repeal the bedroom tax shadow DWP Byrne tells Geordies

Atos assessments are cruel and unethical says doctor who has resigned

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