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Legal action against U.K. Government launched by sister of ex-soldier David Clapson who died as a direct result of DWP sanctions regime

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  Legal action against U.K. Government launched by sister of ex-soldier David Clapson who died as a direct result of DWP sanctions regime Monday 7th November 2016 Gill Thompson’s legal case for her brother David, who was diabetic and died … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Blog | Tagged Coroner, David Clapson, DWP, DWP Sanctions, Gill Clapson, Inquest, Leigh Day | 1 Reply

U.K. Government guilty of grave and systematic violations of disabled people’s human rights ~ UN CRPD ~ Report

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“Consequently, the Committee considers that there is reliable evidence that the threshold of grave or systematic violations of the rights of persons with disabilities has been met in the State party.” Published Monday 7th November 2016 1600 hrs GMT +1 … Continue reading →

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Initial thoughts on the work, health and disability green paper

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  Reblogged By Kitty Jones November 6th 2016 I’ve read the government’s Work, health and disability green paper:  improving lives and consultation from end to end. It took me a while, because I am ill and not always able to work … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Blog, Capita, Conservatives, Disability Benefits Consortium, DWP, Human Rights, ILF Fund, Kitty Jones | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Kitty Jones Blog, Politics, UK news, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

New Cradle2Grave Campaign Hopes People Across UK Will Support a New Intiative

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  October 21st 2016 By Gail Ward Co Founder Cradle2Grave   The whole concept of joining the dots together under one campaign after being battered and bruised by Tory Austerity for six years seemed a big task. Happily, Cross Border … Continue reading →

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Labour conference: Abrahams says party will scrap WCA… but not sanctions

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    By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 29th 2016 A Labour government would replace the “discredited” fitness for work test with a new assessment but it would not scrap benefit sanctions, the party’s shadow work and pensions … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, Debbie Abrahams, DWP, Labour Party, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Homeless ordeal of disabled man forced onto streets by hospital

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4th August 2016 John Pring Disability News Service A disabled man was left to survive on the streets of London overnight after he was kicked out of hospital, and then forced by a council to beg for money to fund … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, UK news | Leave a reply

The banana republic morality of Labour’s NEC ~ By David Osland

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WHEN was the last time a mass social democratic party anywhere in the world was formally forbidden to meet? The best answer I can come up with is 1973, in the wake of the military takeover in Chile.

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Posted in Blog | Tagged Angela Eagle, Elections, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Labour Coup, Labour Party, Labour Party Democracy, Labour party leadership, Media, Media Bias, National Executive Committee, NEC, Owen Smith, UK Politics, UK Politics News, Vote Rigging | 1 Reply

A disabled woman’s final plea to leave voters and the undecided

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                “This has been a rough campaign. Characterised by bitter rancour and apocalyptic predictions rather than reason and facts, a proxy civil war in the Tories has turned into something exhausting and dispiriting … Continue reading →

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Nigel Farage MEP linked to Jo Cox’s killer through extreme-right Springbok Club

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Posted by Black Triangle Campaign Friday 17th July 2016 02:20 B.S.T. In 2006 Nigel Farage MEP was a speaker at the Far-Right Swinton Circle in 2006 Jo Cox’s murderer was a “one of the earliest subscribers and supporters of “S.A.Patriot,” … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Blog | Tagged Apartheid, Black Triangle Campaign, Brexit, Britain First, DPAC, EU referendum, Extreme Right, Jo Cox, London Swinton Circle, Neo Nazi, Nigel Farage, SPLC, Terrorism, Thomas Mair, UK Independence party (Ukip) | Leave a reply

Vicar risks Jail and Bankruptcy

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A vicar has said he is prepared to be bankrupted and go to prison to highlight benefit cuts and charges he claims are “shortening people’s lives”. The Reverend Paul Nicolson, 84, who lives in Tottenham, spoke out ahead of a … Continue reading →

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American influenced punitive UK welfare reforms

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A feature article by Mo Stewart For the purposes of budgeting, politicians discuss welfare and healthcare seperately.  Of course, in reality, the two are closely linked. If the welfare of patients is compromised then a higher demand for healthcare often … Continue reading →

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Activists protest outside premiere of ‘disability snuff movie’

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Appalled activists protested outside a London premiere last night after describing the film as a “disability snuff movie” that suggests disabled people are better off dead. The protest outside the Curzon Mayfair cinema in London’s West End was coordinated by … Continue reading →

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Posted in Baroness Jane Campbell, Blog, Disability Discrimination, Euthanasia, Human Rights, Liz Carr, Not Dead Yet | Tagged Baroness Jane Campbell, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Equality, Human rights, Liz Carr, Me Before You, Not Dead Yet UK, Trailblazers, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

ANNOUNCEMENT: The People v DWP Iain Duncan Smith and Chris Grayling – Scotland’s leading human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar mandated to act on Black Triangle’s behalf

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For the attention of PC Nick Porter, Police Scotland Mandate for Solicitor Advocate Mr. Aamer Anwar Monday 16th May 2016 Allegation of Breach of Duty in Public Office by Mssrs. Iain Duncan Smith MP and Chris Grayling MP – Incident/Crime … Continue reading →

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Iain Duncan Smith Legacy

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  Updated from: http://loopys-rollingwiththepunches.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/iain-duncan-smith-legacy.html   The following is a list of policies and damning court decisions and findings undertaken under the watch of Iain Duncan Smith (emphasis on those affecting disabled people): April 2011: LHA (Local Housing Allowance) is reduced to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, LIz Sayce, PIP, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DWP, Equality, foodbanks, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Politics, Poverty, UK news, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | 1 Reply

Apprenticeship taskforce welcomed, despite concerns over membership

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Disabled campaigners are hoping a new government taskforce will lead to apprenticeships becoming more accessible to disabled people, despite concerns over who ministers will invite to take part. Three government departments announced this week that they have set up the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Black Triangle News, Blog, DWP, LIz Sayce, Stephen Crabb | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, Disability News Service, disability rights, DWP, Equality, UK news, Welfare | Leave a reply

Police Scotland assessing possible investigation into IDS and Grayling

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  By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 5th May 2016 Scottish police are assessing whether to launch a criminal investigation into the failure of two government ministers to address a coroner’s concerns about the safety of the “fitness for … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John McArdle, Police Scotland, Scotland | 2 Replies

Mo Stewart: ‘The influence of the private insurance industry on the UK welfare reforms.’

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Report by Mo Stewart: The takeover by the U.S. private medical insurance industry of the UK welfare state

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Posted in Atos, Blog, Unum, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | 2 Replies

‘First, do no harm’: are disability assessments associated with adverse trends in mental health? A longitudinal ecological study

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Search Home Abstract PDF Current Issue Archive Online First J Epidemiol Community Health doi:10.1136/jech-2015-206209 Research report ‘First, do no harm’: are disability assessments associated with adverse trends in mental health? A longitudinal ecological study Foreword by Black Triangle – In … Continue reading →

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DWP sanctions are incompatible with Lord Bingham’s definition of the rule of law ~ Professor Michael Adler

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  Austerity and Public Law Michael Adler: Benefit Sanctions and the Rule of Law Editors’ note: The blog is running a new series titled ‘Austerity and Public Law’. The theme explores the implications or impact of the austerity measures in the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog | Tagged Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Constitutional Law, DWP, DWP Sanctions, Extra Judicial Penal System, Extra Judicial Punishment, Rule of Law, sanctions, UK Constitutional Law Association, United Kingdom, War on the poor | 2 Replies

#JFMOS Cameron quizzed for second consecutive week at PMQs over suicides by SNP

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Copyright John Pring Disability News Service Friday 30th October 2015 Cameron quizzed again on death of Michael O’Sullivan and DWP’s secret reviews The prime minister has been questioned in the House of Commons for the second consecutive week about the … Continue reading →

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