By Savi Hensman, 31 Jul 2012 A cost-cutting proposal by Worcestershire County Council has caused widespread alarm among disabled people […]
By John Pring, Disability News Service (DNS), Friday, 03 August 2012 Disabled activists look set to target next month’s Paralympics […]
Friday, 03 August 2012  One leading disabled activist said the decision to grant the contracts to Atos was “like turning […]
By John Pring, Disability News Service, Friday 3rd August 2012 Questions have been raised over a government minister’s failure to […]
  Blame Bingo … a new game for all the family! Posted on August 3, 2012 Unemployment by unemployedhack : Bookmark the permalink. Are you unemployed? […]
The nasty department: DWP threaten to take disabled children away from parents Iain Duncan Smith’s Department for Work and Pensions […]
Today the Government announces the independent providers for the new assessment for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The providers have […]

Firm unexpectedly wins two contracts despite disquiet over handling of work capability assessment, while G4S misses out
  By Philippa Willitts The Independent Wednesday, 1 August 2012 at 10:59 am An ‘inspirational’ photo has been making its way around Twitter […]
30 July, 2012 – 17:20 — Hannah Shrimpton   Several papers commented upon new figures showing the duration and reason for various […]
  30 July, 2012 – 17:35 — Owen Spottiswoode   The Telegraph claimed over the weekend that ‘new figures’ revealed that over […]

Cameron and Osborne's neoliberal agenda promised prosperity for all, but created a totalitarian capitalism that feeds on crisis
  By Christina Patterson Wednesday, 1 August 2012 Last autumn, I spent a couple of days shadowing the Lib Dem MP Stephen […]
‘This ludicrous campaign is all part of Prime Minister Cameron’s equally ludicrous campaign to “pay down the deficit”; it is […]
At sittings in Westminster Hall on Tuesdays and Wednesdays there are two one-and-a-half hour debates and three half-hour debates. The […]
Update from Sonia 1st August 2012 21.55 hrs The deadline for Ed Miliband letter has been extended until Friday midday […]

Emails complain of 'tone' and 'negative comments' in official advice to people appealing against having benefit taken away
Published by Ross Macmillan for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Central Government, Communities, Local Government Asked about the 30% success rate in appeals, he (Grayling) added: […]
TUESDAY, 31 JULY 2012 Fear, Loathing and Disability in the Torygraph   It turns out yesterday’s attacks on us in […]
July 31st, 2012 | by Maeve McClenaghan   Last night there aired not one, but two documentaries about Atos and the […]
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