31 August 2012  By Matthew D’Arcy A former chairman of the Disability Rights Commission has shown support for protests against […]
Kerry McCarthy condemns Atos’ sponsorship of the event, with the firm mired by protests against its role in slashing the […]
  The Paralympic opening ceremony was spectacular but it included a silent protest by Team GB (Getty) Published on Friday 31 […]
Una Bradley The Irish Times – Saturday, September 1, 2012 A Co Tyrone woman suffering from cancer who had her sickness […]
Friday, 31 August 2012      By Duncan Mackay at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London  […]
  Report by Sam Datta-Paulin Friday 31 Aug 2012 19:09 Disability benefits protesters have fought with police at the Department of […]
Friday 31 August 2012    By Will Stone, Health & Social Affairs Reporter   Disabled activists occupied the Department for […]
31st August 2012 (UKPA) Activists have staged a protest at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) against multinational IT […]
A cancer sufferer, who had her benefits cut by government officials who said she was fit to work, has died. […]
Disability benefits campaigners have fought with police outside the Department for Work and Pensions in the “grand finale” of a […]
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 […]
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