The number of appeals for ESA has quadrupled in 2 years, from 68,000 in 2009 to 240,000 by the end […]
“The firm provides work placements to 100 people with mental health conditions at its five businesses, including the Parkview Laundry […]

BMA says contracts race is unfair to NHS bidders, undermining Andrew Lansley's pledge of local clinical leadership
For the last financial year the income of the following organisations is as follows –     Scope – 101 million […]
A cabinet minister has been heavily criticised after again appearing to encourage national newspapers to run stories attacking disabled benefit […]
Labour have accused ministers of making “outrageous and outlandish” comments about the disabled and the feeding the comments to the […]
New evidence suggests that an insurance giant that could make huge financial gains from government reform of incapacity benefit played […]
A Channel 4 News investigation reveals that under the reforms of the NHS, GPs could end up making decisions based […]
The extraordinary announcement that GPs may no longer be able to sign their patients off work for periods longer than […]
Planned changes to the UK benefits system have left disabled people “suicidal”, campaigners in Scotland have said. They told MSPs […]

The sickness absence review will only lead to incapacitated people limply tramping the streets looking for nonexistent jobs

C4 investigation reveals government's work capability assessment programme is clogged with costly, unresolved cases
A NIGHTMARE neighbour launched a hate campaign against a wheelchair user – branding him a benefit scrounger because he had […]
There are concerns that reductions in benefits and public services will significantly and disproportionately affect disabled people. What progress has […]
Sick people could be signed off long-term work by an independent panel rather than their family doctor, a report is […]
People should be signed off for long-term sickness by an independent assessment service not GPs, a government-backed review says. The […]
More stories of medical tyranny, with Atos mentioned 🙁 Reports are being written all over the UK and probably worldwide on […]
As reported in today’s Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/16/young-jobseekers-work-pay-unemployment), Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) have begun a legal action challenging the Coalition Government’s ‘Mandatory […]

The tragic deaths of a vulnerable couple living "hand-to-mouth" has highlighted the potentially catastrophic consequences of drastic cuts to benefits and services on those least able to cope
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Stop the unfair and cruel re-assessments via ATOS for disabled people currently on Incapacity Benefit. ESA is a flawed benefit, and puts terrible pressure and stress on vulnerable people, putting people who cannot work on lesser benefits and applying sanctions. Let disabled people decide for themselves if they can work, they and their carers know best.

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