Welfare – Page 5 – Black Triangle Campaign

Atos, Capita, Debbie Abrahams, Disability Labour, DWP, Labour Party, Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

Labour conference: Benefit assessment nurses must be held to account, says Abrahams

October 2, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has called for nurses and

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Black Triangle Campaign, CRPD, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Ellen Clifford, John McArdle, Sarah Rennie, Sisters of Frida, UNCRPD

UN demands annual UK progress report on correcting ‘grave and systematic violations’

September 7, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service September 7th 2017 A UN committee has told the UK government to produce

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Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, John McArdle, ROFA, Sally Witcher

August 31, 2017 JJ

By Steven Naysmith http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15508062.UK_Government_cuts_driving_disabled_people_into_poverty__key_UN_committee_says/ Reblogged DISABLED people are dying as a result of austerity measures and discrimination, campaigners have

Capita, DWP, PIP

DWP rejects PIP claimant’s appeal… before she receives decision notice

August 25, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 Fresh concerns have been raised about the integrity of the disability

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Allfie, CRPD, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, UN, UNCRPD, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

UK faces UN examination: Government cuts caused ‘human catastrophe’

August 24, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 An international committee of disabled human rights experts

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Atos, Conservatives, Disabled Survivors Unite, DWP, Equality Act, Human Rights, Justin Tomlinson, Maximus, PIP

DWP breaks promise to stop harassing child abuse victim in run-up to trial

August 17, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has broken its

Continue readingDWP breaks promise to stop harassing child abuse victim in run-up to trial

Conservatives, DWP, Maximus, Penny Mourdant, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

‘My picture is proof that healthcare professionals lie in benefit assessments’

August 17, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 A furious disability benefit claimant has produced what she says is

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Conservatives, DWP, Ekklesia, Ian Duncan Smith, Tory, Universal Credit, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Stop the Universal Credit Juggernaut

August 14, 2017 JJ

By Bernadette Meaden -Ekklesia August 11th 2017 The word juggernaut comes from the huge vehicles used by Indian temples to

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Atos, Capita, DRUK, DWP, Inclusion London, Labour Party, Neil Coyle, Work and Pensions Select Committee

Labour MP to push for action on widespread claims of PIP assessment lies

August 10, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 A Labour MP is to push for a Commons debate on

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Atos, Capita, DWP, Here2Support, MHRN, Penny Mourdaunt, PIP, Roy Bard

DWP ‘is using lost benefit assessment letters to cut spending’

August 10, 2017August 10, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is using

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Anne Novis, Care Act, Disability Justice Project, Inclusion London

DPO plans court vigil as it intervenes in ‘hugely significant’ Care Act case

August 10, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2107 A disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has intervened in a “hugely significant”

Continue readingDPO plans court vigil as it intervenes in ‘hugely significant’ Care Act case

Atos, Capita, DWP, Penny Mourdant

Recordings prove PIP report ignored near-fatal attacks, overdoses and blackouts

August 10, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 A nurse failed to mention a disabled woman’s near-fatal asthma

Continue readingRecordings prove PIP report ignored near-fatal attacks, overdoses and blackouts

DRUK, DWP, Jared O'Mara, Tories, Universal Credit

Universal credit rules ‘could bar many disabled students from university’

August 4, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd August 2017 Many disabled students could effectively be barred from higher

Continue readingUniversal credit rules ‘could bar many disabled students from university’

DWP, National AIDS Trust, PIP, River House

People living with HIV ‘have been failed by PIP’

August 4, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd August 2017 People with HIV have been failed by the government’s

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Atos, Capita, Conservatives, DWP, ICO Information Commissioners Office, NMC, PIP

PIP investigation: 200 cases of dishonesty… and still DWP, Atos and Capita refuse to act

August 4, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd August 2017 The government and its private sector contractors are refusing to investigate

Continue readingPIP investigation: 200 cases of dishonesty… and still DWP, Atos and Capita refuse to act

Being the Boss, DRUK, HMRC, Independant Living Alternatives, Mencap, Scope

PA employers are facing probes into ‘sleep-in’ minimum wage back-pay

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service July 27th 2017 Disabled people who employ personal assistants (PAs) are being

Continue readingPA employers are facing probes into ‘sleep-in’ minimum wage back-pay

Alex Williams, All party parliamentary group for disability (APPGD), Aspire, Disability Confident, Dr Lisa Cameron SNP MP, DRUK, EHRC, Green Paper, Jared O'Mara, Philip Connolly, Two Ticks

Senior civil servant admits draft industrial strategy failed on disability

July 22, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 21st July 2017 A senior civil servant has admitted to MPs and peers that

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EHCP, Independant Living Alternatives, Social Care

Concerns over council’s post-18 support after ombudsman ruling

July 22, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 A local authority is facing claims that it is breaching the rights

Continue readingConcerns over council’s post-18 support after ombudsman ruling

Action On Disability, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, Hammersmith and Fulham Coalition Against Cuts (HAFCAC)., Inclusion London, LIz Sayce, Spartacus Network

DRUK’s new boss pledges better links with other DPOs and grassroots groups

July 22, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 The new boss of Disability Rights UK (DR UK) has pledged to

Continue readingDRUK’s new boss pledges better links with other DPOs and grassroots groups

Atos, Dept of Transport, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, EHRC, Ellen Clifford

DPAC set for week of protests over social care, Atos and access to transport

July 14, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 Disabled activists are set to lobby MPs this week on the

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'Down With All That' In-depth background reading on the shambles of the (rapidly disappearing) welfare state
Aktion T4 The T4 Program was responsible for the murder of over 100,000 German citizens…babies, children, adults, and elderly…who had physical and mental disabilities. Developed in 1938 and carried out at six different sites throughout Germany and Austria, the T4 P
AtoS Healthcare User Group (Closed Group – Request to Join) “How do you feel about the Government’s move in scrapping Income Support and Disability Living Allowance and the organisation calling itself AtoS ‘HEALTHCARE’ ?”
Atos Miracles Find out where your nearest Atos Miracle Cure Center is on this fantastic web site.
Atos Miracles A place for the sick and disabled to share stories of how ATOS have cured them. Many sites on this subject have been threatened with legal action by the company and this is a place of satire – which we are hoping is not yet outlawed in the UK.
ATOS VICTIMS GROUP “Telling it How it IS” – Staunch alllies and fighters against the UK’s genocidal so-called welfare ‘reform’ programme
Benefits Claimants Fight Back
Boycott Workfare Workfare – compulsory work for benefits – is being rolled-out across the country. We call on public sector bodies, voluntary organisations and businesses being offered these placements as well as union branches to join others in signing a pledge to boycot
Crippen Cartoons The website of David Luton-Crippen, renown disabled cartoonist and a member of The Black Triangle
Crippen Cartoons Blog David Luton-Crippen’s blog
Diary of a Benefits Scrounger Sue Marshes excellent blog that shares information on Welfare cuts, illness, disability and general, current, political thought.
Disability Arts Online A ‘must read’! Not to be missed.
Disability History Month Scotland The official website of Disability History Month Scotland – 22nd November to 22nd December 2011
Disability History Month Scotland Held annually in the Autumn to celebrate our history of struggle and to build for a better future
Disabled People Against Cuts DPAC is about disabled people and their allies. DPAC is UK based but we know that disabled people in other countries are suffering from austerity cuts and a lack of fundamental rights. We welcome all to join us in fighting for justice and human rights for
Double Karma Ania Waterman’s blog on everything to do with disabled people’s activism
Down With All That Bigleyma’s excellent blog that chronicles the farce that the WCA assessments are and the major players involved in it’s execution.
DWP Examinations Forum A friendly online community for those undergoing an Atos Medical Assessment or appeal full of loads of information and valuable advice.
Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty Practical advice and solidarity for all those facing benefit difficulties and hardship. Excellent campaigning organisation
Good Advice Matters Guides that haven been produced in an effort to simplify the various processes involved when trying to claim benefits.
Inspired By Atos Origin A Facebook Group for people to post their artwork that is inspired by Atos Origin.
Ouch Too A disability support forum founded from the ashes of the BBC’s Ouch Board after they closed it.
Paralympics 2012 Boycott Website Dedicated to exposing AtoS’s hypocrisy as disability deniers and sponsors of the Paralympic Games! Paralympians: SPEAK OUT AND PROTEST!!!
Rolling with the Punches Blog “33 year old with lupus since 17 and a variety of other weird awkward symptoms!” Campaigner who co-authored the Spartacus Report
soiniciulacht – 'Taking the fight to this Morally Disabled Government' Cuts right to the heart of all that’s wrong with the neoliberal tyranny we endure today …
Solidarity Federation Advice on what to do if you ‘fail’ your DWP/ATOS Work Capability Assessment
The Broken of Britain Non-partisan UK-based Disability campaign. Advocacy for people with invisible illness and/or physical & mental health conditions. Also Carers, their Families and Friends. Our individual voices are too quiet to be heard, but collectively we can shout
The Dawn Willis Blog Dawn Willis sharing the news & views of the “Mentally Wealthy”
The New Republic The daily tabloid of the “Age of Austerity”
The Void Narking off the state since 2005
Unum Insurance Blog An excellent website that exposes advisor to the UK Government on welfare reform, Unum, for what they are.
Using the Law to Fight Cuts to Disabled People’s Services A practical guide for campaigners – disabled people and their families; carers and local groups (Updated July 2012)
Victims of Atos Corrupton They tried to silence Atos Register of Shame and it back as Victims of Atos Corruption.
Where's the Benefit A blog on all things that affect sick and/or disabled people under the ConDem jackboot
Why Wait Forever – DWP ATOS Veterans An amazing website containing interesting detailed research carried out by Mo Stewart into Atos & Unum Insurance
YOUR CALL – National Freephone Telephone Counselling Service for Disabled People in Scotland This is the first service of its kind in the UK. The service takes calls to its appointment line from 11am until 3 pm Mondays to Thursdays. Calls are free from a home telephone, and from most mobile networks(including T-Mobile, Vodaphone, O2, 3, Orange a

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