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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

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on Jan 5

Ministers accused of using dirty tricks to turn public against claimants ~ British Trades Union Congress

Independent? Aye? FRIDAY 04 JANUARY 2013 Ministers were accused last night of demonising benefits claimants in an attempt to justify […]

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on Jan 5

What Balls & Byrne should have said today: ‘This brutal new system’: a GP’s take on Atos and work capability assessments

I see work capability assessments damaging patients struggling with mental health issues and serious illness Anna Pilkington guardian.co.uk, Friday 4 January […]

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on Jan 4

It's tempting to side with conservative Eeyores. But from peace in Ulster to US healthcare, the progressive case is clear

by JJ

on Jan 4

Working reforms will introduce job guarantee plan for long-term claimants over 25, announces Ed Balls

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on Jan 4

Opposition outlines 'tough approach' with scheme to oblige long-term unemployed to take up a job, or lose benefits

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on Jan 4

As ideas of employment become more obscure and desperate, 2013 is the perfect time to ask what it means to live without it

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on Jan 4

Scotland is taking the lead in housing the homeless. If only Westminster did likewise

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on Jan 3

Daniel Roque Hall ~ A plea for proper care for a life in the balance

Letters to The Guardian The Guardian, Wednesday 2 January 2013 21.00 GMT We the undersigned write to you regarding Daniel Roque […]

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on Jan 3

‘Survival of the fittest in 2013’

Letters The Guardian, Wednesday 2nd January 2013 I write in response to David Blunkett‘s article (Comment, 28 December) and to Eddie Dougall’s letter […]

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on Jan 3

PROTEST TODAY! 30th December 2012! DANIEL ROQUE HALL must not be sent back to DIE in prison! 3pm – 5pm Wormwood Scrubs prison, Du Cane Road W12 0AE

Tomorrow Monday — demo — Daniel Roque Hall must not be sent back to prison!3pm – 5pm at Wormwood Scrubs […]

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on Dec 31

So-called ‘Tough Choices’ and the privatisation of the welfare state the long-held aims of Tory spivs, newly-released Cabinet papers reveal

By Bernadette Meaden UK government Cabinet papers from 1982, now released under the 30-year disclosure rule, confirm that the […]

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on Dec 30

Black Triangle Campaign New Year Honours List

ALL BLACK TRIANGLE CAMPAIGN ALL DISABLED PEOPLE AGAINST CUTS (DPAC) All Social Welfare Union All Atos Miracles ….. Edinburgh […]

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on Dec 29

‘History Will Be Your Judge’ ~ by Tracy Rockley

“History will be your judge” By Tracy Rockley Sent to Mr. Goff Daft : Head of the Correspondence Team, Department of Work […]

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on Dec 29

Black Triangle Campaign: Unite the Resistance! For a general strike against austerity ~ Turn words into action!

Black Triangle Campaign will be attending an initial planning meeting on Saturday the 12th of January 2013 in the […]

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on Dec 28

AtoSSed overboard and then ‘sanctioned’ by the DWP: Blaze survivor with PTSD turns to Christmas food bank after JSA cut

By Sally Hind 27 Dec 2012 GARY STIRLING sat down to a Christmas dinner of macaroni and chocolate after his […]

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on Dec 28

Cystic Fibrosis Lung transplant patient’s benefits cash slashed from £130 to £21

By Dailyrecord.co.uk 21 Dec 2012 LOUISE DAVIDSON suffers from cystic fibrosis but her benefits have just been cut and […]

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on Dec 28

Osborne v Smith, according to the Telegraph. Oh, really? by Mike Sivier ~ Vox Political

Posted by Mike Sivier in Vox Political ~ Politics and discussion from the Heart of Wales ABOUT MIKE SIVIER Peter Oborne’s attack on Gideon George Osborne would […]

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on Dec 23

“THE FIRST TO GO” an original theatre play about disabled people in Nazi Germany by Nabil Shaban with the author’s article ‘Disability and the Performing Arts’

Get the Tories OUT – NOW! Black Triangle supporter Karl Winnett WRITES: Some of you may have heard of Author and […]

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on Dec 22

Why an ‘objective’ test for PIP is impossible using government assumptions

PLEASE FOLLOW LINK TO ARTICLE COMPLETE WITH GRAPHS: Disability Policies and Programs in Australia Helen Meekosha and […]

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on Dec 22

'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

Ministers accused of using dirty tricks to turn public against claimants ~ British Trades Union Congress

What Balls & Byrne should have said today: ‘This brutal new system’: a GP’s take on Atos and work capability assessments

Daniel Roque Hall ~ A plea for proper care for a life in the balance

‘Survival of the fittest in 2013’

PROTEST TODAY! 30th December 2012! DANIEL ROQUE HALL must not be sent back to DIE in prison! 3pm – 5pm Wormwood Scrubs prison, Du Cane Road W12 0AE

So-called ‘Tough Choices’ and the privatisation of the welfare state the long-held aims of Tory spivs, newly-released Cabinet papers reveal

Black Triangle Campaign New Year Honours List

‘History Will Be Your Judge’ ~ by Tracy Rockley

Black Triangle Campaign: Unite the Resistance! For a general strike against austerity ~ Turn words into action!

AtoSSed overboard and then ‘sanctioned’ by the DWP: Blaze survivor with PTSD turns to Christmas food bank after JSA cut

Cystic Fibrosis Lung transplant patient’s benefits cash slashed from £130 to £21

Osborne v Smith, according to the Telegraph. Oh, really? by Mike Sivier ~ Vox Political

“THE FIRST TO GO” an original theatre play about disabled people in Nazi Germany by Nabil Shaban with the author’s article ‘Disability and the Performing Arts’

Why an ‘objective’ test for PIP is impossible using government assumptions

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Ministers accused of using dirty tricks to turn public against claimants ~ British Trades Union Congress

What Balls & Byrne should have said today: ‘This brutal new system’: a GP’s take on Atos and work capability assessments

Daniel Roque Hall ~ A plea for proper care for a life in the balance

‘Survival of the fittest in 2013’

PROTEST TODAY! 30th December 2012! DANIEL ROQUE HALL must not be sent back to DIE in prison! 3pm – 5pm Wormwood Scrubs prison, Du Cane Road W12 0AE

So-called ‘Tough Choices’ and the privatisation of the welfare state the long-held aims of Tory spivs, newly-released Cabinet papers reveal

Black Triangle Campaign New Year Honours List

‘History Will Be Your Judge’ ~ by Tracy Rockley

Black Triangle Campaign: Unite the Resistance! For a general strike against austerity ~ Turn words into action!

AtoSSed overboard and then ‘sanctioned’ by the DWP: Blaze survivor with PTSD turns to Christmas food bank after JSA cut

Cystic Fibrosis Lung transplant patient’s benefits cash slashed from £130 to £21

Osborne v Smith, according to the Telegraph. Oh, really? by Mike Sivier ~ Vox Political

“THE FIRST TO GO” an original theatre play about disabled people in Nazi Germany by Nabil Shaban with the author’s article ‘Disability and the Performing Arts’

Why an ‘objective’ test for PIP is impossible using government assumptions

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