UK Austerity Nation

My best friend Daniel hung himself three days ago. He was a kind and gentle soul who had lived in London for almost 15 years. He had alwa...

Reblogged from Atos Victims Group News Lately I have received a number of emails from people expressing their concerns over what they de...

The government has announced the name of the man who will continue the crucial task of reviewing its “fitness for work” test. Dr Paul Litc...

A short, hour-long debate on the controversial PACE Study has been scheduled to take place in the House of Lords Grand Committee Room ne...

“By all means, pay companies incentives to employ young people, but do not take advantage of the vulnerable by using them as free labour.” ...

To be upfront, I didn’t know what the issue was with the government Workfare scheme. I’ve not really been interested in this until this morn...

" The evil is not Atos...the real evil is the DWP...and the Ministerial instructions that set up this system...  It’s the system itse...

“Jack Gilligan, who was the Democratic governor of Ohio… said ‘You know there will never be democracy in America when big business can ...

THE ATOS HEALTHCARE DEBATE A briefing for the HOC debate to be held on 17th January 2013 CONSIDER: Atos Healthcare, Unum Insurance, a Knight...

I pretty much always attempt to write about politics in objective journalistic style. I feel that I engage more readers with this style of p...

NEARLY 20,000 cancer sufferers have been forced to return for repeated fit-for-work tests carried out by controversial French firm   Ato...

Standing up for the poor and vulnerable: Day Four at TUC Congress A vigorous defence of the welfare state was spearheaded by PCS to open ...

The extraordinary announcement that GPs may no longer be able to sign their patients off work for periods longer than 4 weeks, offers an ins...