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Disability issues in the news from the Black Triangle.
Category: Black Triangle News
Ex-soldier who served in Afghanistan and Iraq is refused benefits under assessment system
Published: 17th June, 2011 – by PETER GRUNER FORMER British soldiers who witnessed “unimaginable” horrors in Afghanistan and Iraq are being refused
Association fears that GPs may be suspected of withholding treatments and referrals in order to increase their pay … Continue reading
There is an increasing urge to tar and feather whatever scapegoat at whatever cost … Continue reading
Law Society and former DPP Lord Macdonald voice alarm at proposal undermining ‘cornerstone’ of British justice … Continue reading
Criminalising squatting will hit homeless, charities warn
Cameron legal crackdown ‘not protecting families’ says Crisis as charities challenge image that squatting is a lifestyle choice Leading charities
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Food Parcels – Back to the 30’s
FareShare Combined FLV by fareshare More food parcels are being handed out to families struggling to put food on the
World Wealth Report reveals soaring numbers of rich individuals in Asia Pacific region – but slower growth in Britain
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Director of the National Landlords Association, Richard Price, claims one in five private landlords now shun social tenants … Continue reading
Social justice in Britain is expensive – and yes, we need to save money. But the cuts in this bill will end up costing a fortune … Continue reading
Scathing report by regulator says top financial institutions seem ready to ignore allegations of criminality in pursuit of lucrative clients … Continue reading
The National Audit Office is scrutinising tax deals struck by the Revenue with many British multinationals … Continue reading
The row between David Cameron and Ed Miliband focused on cancer sufferers, but many more than that are affected … Continue reading
ACCESS TO JUSTICE BARRED FOR MOST PEOPLE IN BRITAIN
Under new legislation published today, publicly funded legal advice and representation will be put beyond the reach of vast swathes
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Frank Field: Pessimism about welfare reform must not be allowed to halt progress
Frank Field, the free-thinking Labour MP for Birkenhead who was appointed as the Coalition’s poverty tsar, today attacks Iain Duncan
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Jobseeker took own life
A MAN with mental health problems who was worried about benefit cuts killed himself while he was searching for a
Recession tops TUC agenda
Delegates at the TUC’s recent disability conference were warned to beware of employers marking out disabled people for redundancy, reports
TUC disability conference: Activists draw parallels with Nazi Germany
Union activists have drawn disturbing parallels between the hostility being experienced by disabled benefits claimants and the events that led
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Police face accusations of ‘failing’ the disabled
Police are failing disabled people by not treating hate crimes against them as seriously as racism or homophobia, a report
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There’s nothing unaffordable about public sector pensions
Lord Hutton has proposed some worthwhile, though pretty limp wristed, pension reforms, yet the problem with Britain’s ever more dysfunctional
Continue readingThere’s nothing unaffordable about public sector pensions