Herald Scotland: Letter in Defence Disabled Journalist John Pring – Blacklisted by U.K. Government’s DWP Press Office
Letters to The Herald Saturday 25th April 2015 WE note that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has
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UK Welfare Reform Deaths ~ Updated List ~ October 21st 2014
Updated tragic list of welfare-related deaths of UK’s sick and/or disabled people. This is the tip on the iceberg:
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Second court case to challenge ILF closure in England and Wales launched
Claimants are asking the courts to again quash the decision to close the Independent Living Fund … Continue readingSecond court case to challenge ILF closure in England and Wales launched
Join the campaign to save the Independent Living Fund #SaveILF
All I ask of you is for your help. Help us save the independent living fund from closing on 30th June 2015. … Continue readingJoin the campaign to save the Independent Living Fund #SaveILF
#IndyRef New Scottish Government Expert Group on Welfare Report: Scrap Work Capability Assessments, Workfare and Benefit Sanctions Regime
Re-thinking Welfare: Fair, Personal and Simple Wednesday, June 4, 2014 ISBN: 9781784125400 This is the 2nd report of the
British Disability Rights Abuses: ‘UK Government Refuses to Accept Responsibility for Crimes Against Humanity’ – a report by Mo Stewart
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Letter to The Guardian: ‘Grim toll of the government’s fit-for-work tests’ ~ Black Triangle, DPAC, Inclusion London & Others
BLACK TRIANGLE, DPAC & OTHERS LETTER TO THE GUARDIAN: ‘The UK government and opposition should follow the Scottish government’s pledge that private for-profit companies are removed entirely from having anything to do with the assessment of disabled people.’ … Continue readingLetter to The Guardian: ‘Grim toll of the government’s fit-for-work tests’ ~ Black Triangle, DPAC, Inclusion London & Others
Black Triangle Disabled People Against Cuts DPAC and WoW Petition Joint Statement on the Bizarre ATOS Exit Strategy from the DWP WCA Contract
Black Triangle DPAC and WoW Petition Joint Statement on the Bizarre ATOS Exit Strategy from the DWP WCA Contract … Continue readingBlack Triangle Disabled People Against Cuts DPAC and WoW Petition Joint Statement on the Bizarre ATOS Exit Strategy from the DWP WCA Contract
Bedroom tax axed in Scotland: Holyrood rivals back SNP Government’s £15m plan to banish hated spare-room policy
ALEX Salmond is to banish the bedroom tax from Scotland: The Scottish Government have agreed to cover the full cost of housing benefit cuts for Scots hammered by the vicious Con-Dem policy. … Continue readingBedroom tax axed in Scotland: Holyrood rivals back SNP Government’s £15m plan to banish hated spare-room policy
PRESS RELEASE: Government appeal against Work Capability Assessment discrimination ruling is rejected ~ Mental Health Resistance Network
Mental Health Resistance Network: Court of Appeal rejects DWP appeal against landmark ruling by Upper Tribunal that the DWP-Atos Work Capability Assessment discriminates against people with mental health problems … Continue readingPRESS RELEASE: Government appeal against Work Capability Assessment discrimination ruling is rejected ~ Mental Health Resistance Network
Victory for welfare campaigners as DWP loses appeal against work capability assessment ruling
Victory for disability rights campaigners as DWP loses appeal against Judicial Review ruling at the Court of Appeal … Continue readingVictory for welfare campaigners as DWP loses appeal against work capability assessment ruling