By METRO WEB REPORTER – 31st August, 2012 Disabled rights activists have staged a demonstration outside the Department for Work and […]
    Answered this week by Alice Maynard the chair of Scope ALICE MAYNARD SATURDAY 01 SEPTEMBER 2012   The Games may […]
The Huffington Post UK  |  Posted: 31/08/2012 15:16 Updated: 31/08/2012 15:21 A woman who had her benefits cut after it was it was judged she […]
The Huffington Post UK  |  By Felicity Morse Posted: 31/08/2012 17:31 Updated: 31/08/2012 19:11 Scuffles broke out between police and protesters outside the Department for Work […]
By NINA LAKHANI SATURDAY 01 SEPTEMBER 2012     Britain’s Paralympics stars are being urged to show solidarity with the thousands of […]
Posted: 5.27pm Fri 31 Aug 2012 | updated: 7.21pm Fri 31 Aug 2012 More than 500 people rallied outside the […]

Campaigners occupy DWP lobby while activists picket IT giant's office over £100m contract to assess incapacity benefit claimants

Disabled people and anti-cuts activists protest outside the Atos offices in London. The multinational consultancy firm has attracted controversy over its involvement in the Games while being contracted by the government to carry out 'fitness to work' tests on incapacity benefit claimants
  Protesters gathered outside Atos’s headquarters before carrying out a “secret action” at the Department for Work and Pensions   […]
31 August 2012 Last updated at 20:41 Atos protest: Disability rights groups target firm Minor scuffles broke out between campaigners and police […]
                ‘Disability activists are angry about IT company’s involvement with controversial incapacity benefit […]

ParalympicsGB officials claim Atos-branded badges were not deliberately concealed, but tucked into clothes because of wind
      Wednesday 29 August 2012 21.00 BST   Your coverage of the Paralympics and how they relate to […]
Well done and SOLIDARITY to our sisters and brothers in DPAC Cardiff on a fantastic demonstration! (Commentary by Liza Van […]
USE OF EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE INFORMATION IN CLAIMS FOR DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE A Handbook for Decision Makers Forward This […]
Congratulations and well done, Francesca! You have done us all extremely proud and you’ve done justice for the disabled people’s protest […]
                1.   Social Media Flooding Gold Medals for Atos – Flood twitter and Facebook with the […]
  Posted on August 29, 2012 by johnny void | 6 Comments  A well attended and genuinely moving memorial service was held today outside the […]
‘And so, while Lord Coe excitedly boasts viewers will be ‘blown away’ by the 14th Paralympic games, thousands of disabled people […]
‘When I think of disability I also think of the fearless disabled campaigners activists and non-disabled carers who fight for […]
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