Councillors fear being scapegoats for fees under new checks ensuring doctors complete death certificates correctly
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Disability issues in the news from the Black Triangle.
Category: Black Triangle News
MSP’s SLAMMED FOR REJECTING UK BENEFITS REFORM
HOLYROOD politicians were last night accused of “grandstanding” by refusing to rubber-stamp the UK Government’s welfare reforms. Nationalists and Labour
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‘Disability benefit’ shake-up ‘grinding to a halt’
Government assessments to determine Disability Living Allowance for people in Cornwall are flawed, local independent benefits advisers claim. Jim McKenzie
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Things to do this Christmas: Please act on and share this post!
There are so many things that need doing this festive season in the fight against the welfare reform bill and
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MSPs to withhold consent from UK Welfare Reform Bill
MSPs are set to formally protest against changes to the UK benefits system, which some claim will see cuts in
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Holyrood will defy Westminster over ‘draconian’ reform of benefits
Concerns over “draconian” changes to the welfare system will today see MSPs block the UK coalition government’s proposals to introduce
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Millions of us are living in terror of brown envelopes arriving from the Department for Work and Pensions … Continue reading
Is the new disabled work benefit working?
Employment minister Chris Grayling says he is confident glitches in the system used to decide who is fit to work
The case of Sue Marsh, whose application for Disability Living Allowance was rejected despite having a debilitating disease, has highlighted the dangers of the Coalition’s welfare reforms … Continue reading
Department of Work and Pensions backtracks on denial of Guardian investigation that some jobcentres have been taking people off benefits amid pressure to meet targets … Continue reading
Soaring number of sanctions against unemployed amid claims that DWP staff are being told to trip people up with paperwork
• Get the data: the statistics behind jobseekers sanctions … Continue reading
Edwina Currie may deny it, but the shocking truth is that in Britain today many people have to chose between eating and paying the rent … Continue reading
Disability – Deafblind discriminated against in new assessment
Major faults outlined in Sense report. A major review of the new assessment arrangements for individuals seeking benefits has been undertaken by Sense, the charity which
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Cancer benefit proposals amended after criticism
The government has rewritten plans to change benefits for cancer patients following criticism from charities. It said it was clear
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Welfare reform may see families lose homes
Many social housing tenants face either losing their homes or paying large penalties because under new government proposals they are
Unum Surveillance – Foiled!
Coming to the UK soon, courtesy of UNUM! One of our clients called today to report a Unum surveillance which
Opinion | Commentators Owen Jones: Here’s the question… could you live on £67 a week?
In a church in Birmingham Ladywood, one of Britain’s poorest communities, I recently sat next to Edwina Currie as she
Unum Whistle Blowers Weigh In – Medical Discrimination and Personal Activity Projects
I hope our readers are staying on top of some of the comments to posts added recently. Unum employees and ex-employees are contacting us
King’s Fund says government making mistake by handing NHS budgets to GPs without any body having oversight … Continue reading
It’s not just Rupert Murdoch and his crooks. All the corporate barons who corrupted our political system must be unmasked … Continue reading