At an Atos medical assessment, a friend of mine was submitted to a homophobic rant from a doctor followed by a foot examination … Continue reading
Disability issues in the news from the Black Triangle.
Category: Black Triangle News
Nearly 3,000 contracts awarded since January prompts Treasury to clamp down on ‘use it or lose it’ spending policy … Continue reading
REPORT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
REPORT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MADE UNDER SECTION 174(2) OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ACT 1992 ON THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE
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Video – A Demostration Against ATOS (Plymouth)
That’s the way to do it 🙂 Total Solidarity with the Plymouth Claimants Union
Policy Exchange Press Release – New polling shows voters support radical new direction for the welfare state
PRESS RELEASE Embargoed until 00.01 Friday, 20 May 2011 Policy Exchange calls for thirty-five hour working week for job seekers
Deteriorating attitudes towards disabled people
New poll commissioned by Scope shows the alarming levels of discrimination disabled people face in daily life. More than half
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The sick left to perish by new UK benefit rules
The UK government is said to be considering removing the right of appeal for people denied social security benefits. The
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The New Rulers of the World
The New Rulers of the World from John Pilger on Vimeo.
Cancer patients forced to undergo ‘cruel’ interviews
Seriously ill cancer patients are being forced to undergo “cruel” back to work interviews despite claims that they should be
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Refurbishments revealed in government records, including £30,000 for No 11 flat … Continue reading
The war against the disabled
A DAMNING report has condemned the new system of disabled benefits assessments for throwing the most vulnerable people in the
The government’s procurement policy clashes with its commitment to get disabled people into jobs … Continue reading