By Claire Carter Health Correspondent A SERIOUSLY-ILL patient who died after being CS gassed and restrained may have also been struck with a baton by police, an inquest was told. Healthcare assistant Jonathan Hill told a jury at Nottingham Coroners’ … Continue reading →
Fraudsters have used the Jobcentre Plus employment agency to con innocent jobseekers into selling non-existent goods on eBay, Channel 4 News has learnt. Channel 4 News has discovered that Jobcentres have for months been offering fraudulent vacancies where applicants are … Continue reading →
George Osborne’s policies have failed. He talked down the economy — and now it is sinking. The data releases this week have all been bad for the coalition. It started in the United States, which matters because generally what happens … Continue reading →
Every policeman who uses teargas is a traitor. You never use force against peaceful protest. … Continue reading →
WE ARE LEGION! It’s time to take the power back! Spread the word, spread this message. Comment, Like, SHARE! Lets help ANONYMOUS HELP US! … Continue reading →
A disabled man who is supposedly being protected by the courts was wandering homeless yesterday after bailiffs used sledge-hammers to evict him from his home. Lee Gilliland, 42, said that had no warning of their arrival, because a court has … Continue reading →
Coming to a Tory borough near you soon ! The Daily Mirror Members of Orlando Food Not Bombs were arrested Wednesday when police said they violated a city ordinance by feeding the homeless in Lake Eola Park. Jessica Cross, 24, Benjamin … Continue reading →
The government will be forced to fight for its controversial housing benefit reforms in court, after a child poverty charity won the right to challenge their legality. Government lawyers are due to appear at the High Court today (Friday) to … Continue reading →
When Linda Morgan’s son Joe Paraskeva was sectioned, he tried to escape from hospital and was given a prison sentence that could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars. His mother has launched a campaign, Justice for Joe, to highlight his case
Continue reading →I support the views expressed in several articles in your edition of 1 June (Experts: cuts create mental health crisis; Letters; Was listening to the doctor’s diatribe a part of the test?) relating to the government’s targeting of the most vulnerable … Continue reading →
Foreword This training has been produced as part of a training programme for Health Care Professionals approved or appointed by the Department for Work and Pensions Chief Medical Adviser to carry out benefit assessment work. All Health Care Professionals undertaking medical assessments … Continue reading →
A TUC briefing for unions – May 2011 Summary Disabled people are being hit in every aspect of life by the cuts imposed by the coalition government. But a fightback is taking place. Thousands of disabled people joined the TUC March for the … Continue reading →
Homeless charity Crisis says young disabled people who can no longer afford flats could end up being forced to live on the streets
Continue reading →Though not a household name, poet Paul Reekie inspired many big names in the 1990s Scottish literary scene. Now, a year after Reekie took his own life, they tell Peter Ross of plans to preserve his remarkable legacy On Sunday … Continue reading →
We have just heard word that a fourth UK Uncut activist has been arrested in Edinburgh for breach of the peace. The activist was arrested at their home this afternoon and is now at St Leonards police station. There has … Continue reading →
Let us now target the waste, not the weak Published on 31 May 2011 HOW are we to judge our society? By how it treats the weak and vulnerable, or how it inadvertently indulges chancers and spivs? This is not … Continue reading →
On Saturday the 14th of May, we witnessed the obscene spectacle of relatively well-heeled people marching through London in support of the coalition’s program of cuts and austerity and “against the national debt.” No matter that the size of the … Continue reading →
Cuts are hurting mentally ill people, but Labour’s failure to distinguish between the unemployed and the sick played a part
Continue reading →Care home abuse leads police to inspect private hospitals
Continue reading →Staff suspended from a Castlebeck care unit after footage shows patients being kicked, slapped and drenched with cold water
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