Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 26th May 2016 Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for Iain Duncan Smith to
Continue readingShadow chancellor backs calls to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith over WCA deaths
While the appropriate offence would be Misconduct in Public Office we would like share with you the following complaint to Northumbria
Continue readingBenefit Deaths: North East England Man Puts in Complaint to Northumbria Police
No civilian has any comprehension of life in British military forces, or the impact of the removal of that
The computer system used for new personal independence payment (PIP) claims has crashed twice in a week, just days after
Continue readingPIP system crashes again… twice… but DWP still blames ‘technical glitches’
Ministers have refused to say if they implemented 10 measures – recommended by their own civil servants – that would
Continue readingMinisters refuse to say if they implemented 10 measures to save lives
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally admitted that it could be partly responsible for the deaths of
Continue readingHow a single word shows DWP has finally owned up on benefit deaths
Updated from: http://loopys-rollingwiththepunches.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/iain-duncan-smith-legacy.html The following is a list of policies and damning court decisions and findings undertaken under
The increasing death toll due to the loss of benefits Thank to Maggie Zolobajluk @22magoo for her support in this extremely
Continue readingThe increasing death toll due to the loss of benefits
Government claims that welfare reforms are necessary, disregards the inevitable deaths they created, writes researcher Mo Stewart By: Mo Stewart
Report by Mo Stewart: The takeover by the U.S. private medical insurance industry of the UK welfare state … Continue readingMo Stewart: ‘The influence of the private insurance industry on the UK welfare reforms.’
Benefits claimants are subjected to an ‘amateurish, secret penal system which is more severe than the mainstream judicial system’, writes
BBC Question Time, Grimsby, Thursday 22nd October 2015 LINK TO FULL SEGMENT [Scroll to 35 minutes 35 seconds into the
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 22 October 2015 The prime minister has had to defend his record on
The shocking failings of the work capability assessment system – and the healthcare assessors who are paid to police it – have been exposed by the family of one of its victims. … Continue reading#JFMOS Michael O’Sullivan scandal: Inquest notes expose shocking failings of WCA system
Disabled Michael O’Sullivan had already tried to take his own life once before because of government attempts to force him back to work … Continue reading#JFMOS Michael O’Sullivan scandal: DWP twice pushed dad-of-two to suicide bid
By John Pring Disability News Service Friday 25th September 2015 The chief coroner of England and Wales has refused to
Continue readingMichael O’Sullivan inquest: Chief coroner silent over WCA ‘future deaths’ reports
Friday 25th September 2015 By John Pring Disability News Service Government contractor Atos Healthcare claims it has no idea if
Jamie Szymkowiak writes on austerity, welfare and disability … Continue readingDisabled Scots: Invisible Collateral Damage
Updated tragic list of welfare-related deaths of UK’s sick and/or disabled people. This is the tip on the iceberg:
Continue readingUK Welfare Reform Deaths ~ Updated List ~ October 21st 2014
By Rob McDowall A raft of changes introduced by the Conservative Lib-Dem Coalition has once again made ‘welfare’ and ‘benefits’