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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Sick and disabled being pushed off benefits at any costs

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As Panorama showed, the pressure on medical assessors to declare sickness benefits claimants fit for work is immense Employment ministe...

Record numbers of anti-depressants prescribed in 2011. Politicians to blame

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Record numbers of anti-depressants (46,000,000) were prescribed in 2011. Politicians are to blame. The current economic model we live...
Friday, July 20, 2012

Double suicide after ATOS ‘​fit for work’​ test

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The death of a young woman who killed herself after being found “fit for work” is the latest proof of the catastrophic consequences of the...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Workfare: is the picture any clearer yet? [Video]

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Birmingham dad dies after being ruled ‘fit for work’

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Article by -Anuji Varma, Birmingham Mail A BIRMINGHAM dad died from a serious heart condition – weeks after Government  assessors stopp...

Cruel welfare system is steadily crushing lives – where is the anger?

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This cruel welfare system is steadily crushing lives – where is the anger? No one seems to be concerned that hugely profitable private fir...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Iain Duncan Smith not welcome in Bootle

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Friday, June 22, 2012

'I'm being punished because of my health' [Guardian video]

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Human cost of welfare reform: 'I'm being punished because of my health'
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Jobcentre bosses warn of suicide risk among benefit claimants

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An internal email sent by senior managers warns that ill-handling of benefit changes could have 'profound results' for vulnerable c...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

How many more disabled people will die frightened that their benefits will be taken away?

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Karen Sherlock faced endless pressure, the judgement of society, the fear of destitution, the exhaustion of constant assessments and endles...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Owen Jones, author of 'Chavs - the demonization of the working class'

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Dr Joe Bennett, Lecturer at the University of Birmingham's Centre for English Language Study, introduces Owen Jones, author of 'C...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Oh, dear Dave. Now GPs have turned on you. Time for an exit strategy on the disabled, perhaps?

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By Sonia Poulton In this political climate of sycophantic, 'scratch my back' money grubbers, it is always heartening to witness p...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Could The Work Programme Be Increasing Unemployment?

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 Workfare: Killing paid jobs  The figures speak for themselves – the Work Programme isn’t working.  ...

GPs Vote To End The Atos Farce

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The British Medical Association Local Medical Committee Conference, which represents GPs,  has voted unanimously to end the not...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

WCA / UNUM: .Did Insurer Cheat Disabled Clients?

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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Disabled Man’s Family Has Slammed Work Decision

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 John Kerr - Blind deaf and fed through a tube - Has 24/7 care  The family of a severely disabled Dundee man has hit out after...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Owen Jones: Hatred of those on benefits is dangerously out of control

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Taking away support can only be achieved by demonising recipients as scroungers in mansions What does it say about modern Britain when ...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

War on the wounded: Injured army heroes face benefits cut

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Ex-servicemen and women found to be mobile in a new assessment face losing up to £120 a week   Artificial hand: Ben McBean says the i...

The Tories’ Vile Workfare Project, and How It Has Now Infiltrated the NHS

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Forcing people into jobs they don’t want, just to claim their benefit, might be defensible if there was pretty swiftly a real job available ...