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A gold medal for hypocrisy ~ Tory minister Grayling who grabbed £100,000 expenses now attacks ‘scroungers’

Posted: 4.51pm Tue 31 Jul 2012 Tory minister who grabbed £100,000 expenses now attacks ‘scroungers’ Chris Grayling, the Tory work […]

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on Aug 1

Atos hounds terminally ill people off benefits, says investigation

by Sam Bogg This article should be read after: A gold medal for hypocrisy “Why aren’t you dead then?” This was […]

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on Aug 1

As Panorama showed, the pressure on medical assessors to declare sickness benefits claimants fit for work is immense

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on Aug 1

Activists to protest against sponsorship of the Games by Atos, the private firm that carries out government fitness-for-work tests

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on Aug 1

Benefits and targets: Sickness and disability are not the same

By Kaliya Franklin Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 3:05 pm “Do you have the potential to return to work?” states Chris Grayling, Minister […]

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on Aug 1

Raising the curtain on Atos

By Amy Hall A cockroach, a tapeworm, herpes, a blood-sucking leech – just some of the terms used to describe Atos […]

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on Aug 1

Fit to work benefits tests flawed, finds TV investigation ~ People Management

Claire Churchard 31 July 2012 Government advisor says assessment quality ‘patchy’ Work Capability Assessments (WCA) are passing people as ‘fit […]

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on Aug 1

Benefit tests that are not fit for purpose ~ Public Finance

31 July 2012 | Claudia Wood Recent media coverage has exposed the unfairness, inhumanity and high public cost of the government’s […]

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on Aug 1

Black Triangle Press Release on the Occasion of the C4 Dispatches and BBC Panorama exposes of the DWP/AtoS WCA

30th July 2012 22.20 BST Tonight, Channel Four’s Dispatches and the BBC’s Panorama programmes conclusively exposed the evil that is […]

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on Jul 30

Channel Four Programme Tonight at 20.00: Britain on the Sick ~ ”As long as you’ve got one finger and you can press a button you don’t score anything for manual dexterity”

MONDAY 30 JULY 2012 BY REPORTER JACKIE LONG This article relates to Britain on the Sick. Living it up on benefits […]

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on Jul 30

How the British Government’s Media Campaign Scapegoating Sick and/or Disabled People is Part of a Cover-Up

If any doubt remained, the LIBOR scandal has shown that we’re living through a crisis of capitalism itself. There are […]

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on Jul 30

Reviewer of fitness-to-work benefit tests Professor Michael Harrington to stand down

While people had been let down by the system, he challenged campaigners who had called for it to be scrapped […]

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on Jul 30

Atos Healthcare: Still profiting from misery

By Nathan Akehurst and Amy Dunne Whilst the Olympic opening ceremony, quite fairly, glorified our National Health Service, it is […]

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on Jul 30

Work Capability Assessments: The Fightback ~ The New Statesman

BY KATE BELGRAVE PUBLISHED 29 JULY 2012 Encouraging news out of the High Court on Thursday for opponents of the loathed Atos’ work […]

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on Jul 30

Community action programme to tackle long-term unemployment could prove expensive failure, says thinktank

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on Jul 29

Grayling : I’ll redesign ‘Work Programme’ so that ‘those deemed originally too ill’ to join it will be made to do so

By Louisa Peacock 29th July 2012 The move comes after the Government’s initial drive to make those on long-term sickness benefits get […]

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on Jul 29

German Official gives the German Olympic Team Hitler Salute while Camilla Parker-Bowles and BoJo look on

UPDATE: Sunday 29th July 2012 The man is Mr Walther TRÖGER, a German IOC Member since 1989. He IS giving […]

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on Jul 28

Labour’s Baroness Prosser accused of presiding over ‘death knell’ for equalities & human rights by accepting scorched earth cuts to EHRC

One of Labour’s most prominent peers, Margaret Prosser, is at the centre of a political storm after being warned that […]

by JJ

on Jul 27

‘I was proud to work in a system that treated an unemployed man exactly the same as a barrister’ ~ The Jobbing Doctor

Thirty-nine weeks ’til I retire 8.52AM 27 July 2012 It hasn’t taken long to destroy the NHS. The whole organisation […]

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on Jul 27

Judicial Review into flawed benefits system assessment praised

A PARKINSON’S disease sufferer from Derby, who had faced having his benefits halved, has welcomed a review into the controversial system that […]

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on Jul 27

'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

A gold medal for hypocrisy ~ Tory minister Grayling who grabbed £100,000 expenses now attacks ‘scroungers’

Atos hounds terminally ill people off benefits, says investigation

Benefits and targets: Sickness and disability are not the same

Raising the curtain on Atos

Fit to work benefits tests flawed, finds TV investigation ~ People Management

Benefit tests that are not fit for purpose ~ Public Finance

Black Triangle Press Release on the Occasion of the C4 Dispatches and BBC Panorama exposes of the DWP/AtoS WCA

Channel Four Programme Tonight at 20.00: Britain on the Sick ~ ”As long as you’ve got one finger and you can press a button you don’t score anything for manual dexterity”

How the British Government’s Media Campaign Scapegoating Sick and/or Disabled People is Part of a Cover-Up

Reviewer of fitness-to-work benefit tests Professor Michael Harrington to stand down

Atos Healthcare: Still profiting from misery

Work Capability Assessments: The Fightback ~ The New Statesman

Grayling : I’ll redesign ‘Work Programme’ so that ‘those deemed originally too ill’ to join it will be made to do so

German Official gives the German Olympic Team Hitler Salute while Camilla Parker-Bowles and BoJo look on

Labour’s Baroness Prosser accused of presiding over ‘death knell’ for equalities & human rights by accepting scorched earth cuts to EHRC

‘I was proud to work in a system that treated an unemployed man exactly the same as a barrister’ ~ The Jobbing Doctor

Judicial Review into flawed benefits system assessment praised

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A gold medal for hypocrisy ~ Tory minister Grayling who grabbed £100,000 expenses now attacks ‘scroungers’

Atos hounds terminally ill people off benefits, says investigation

Benefits and targets: Sickness and disability are not the same

Raising the curtain on Atos

Fit to work benefits tests flawed, finds TV investigation ~ People Management

Benefit tests that are not fit for purpose ~ Public Finance

Black Triangle Press Release on the Occasion of the C4 Dispatches and BBC Panorama exposes of the DWP/AtoS WCA

Channel Four Programme Tonight at 20.00: Britain on the Sick ~ ”As long as you’ve got one finger and you can press a button you don’t score anything for manual dexterity”

How the British Government’s Media Campaign Scapegoating Sick and/or Disabled People is Part of a Cover-Up

Reviewer of fitness-to-work benefit tests Professor Michael Harrington to stand down

Atos Healthcare: Still profiting from misery

Work Capability Assessments: The Fightback ~ The New Statesman

Grayling : I’ll redesign ‘Work Programme’ so that ‘those deemed originally too ill’ to join it will be made to do so

German Official gives the German Olympic Team Hitler Salute while Camilla Parker-Bowles and BoJo look on

Labour’s Baroness Prosser accused of presiding over ‘death knell’ for equalities & human rights by accepting scorched earth cuts to EHRC

‘I was proud to work in a system that treated an unemployed man exactly the same as a barrister’ ~ The Jobbing Doctor

Judicial Review into flawed benefits system assessment praised

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