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Burton-on -Trent, July 3rd protest against cuts that will restrict travel access

Linda — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:35:35 +0000

Action for Rail Burton-Upon-Trent Wednesday July 3rd 1500-1730 @ Burton Station Highlighting the effects Rail Cuts will have on Disabled and Older Passengers Featuring Peter Pinkney RMT Presient Paul Walker RMT National Executive Midlands Ken Usher RMT Regional Officer Jon Wheale Burton’s Labour Parliamentary candidate in 2015 Disabled People Against The Cuts RMT UNITE TSSA … Continue Reading Burton-on -Trent, July 3rd protest against cuts that will restrict travel access

Information on Sanctions wanted by Boycott Workfare

Linda — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:22:53 +0000

Boycott Workfare About Facts People’s stories Workfare providers Name & Shame Media You can help Boycott Workfare is a UK-wide campaign to end forced unpaid work for people who receive welfare. Workfare profits the rich by providing free labour, whilst threatening the poor by taking away welfare rights if people refuse to work without a… Continue Reading Information on Sanctions wanted by Boycott Workfare

Press release: Independent Living Fund – Birthday Protest

admin2 — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:01:15 +0000

Monday, June 10th -2pm Dean’s Yard, Westminster with delivery of Birthday Card and photo opportunity at DWP office, Tothill Street. Disabled people will gather tomorrow to celebrate the twenty fifth birthday of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) which was set up to support disabled people with the highest levels of support need to live… Continue Reading Press release: Independent Living Fund – Birthday Protest

JSA Benefit sanctions sky rocket under coalition!

admin2 — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:31:34 +0000

2.25 Million -But Why so many? 2.25 Million Jobseeker’s sanctioned since Coalition came to office! Are they serious? These figures are truly earth shattering. DWP figures which you can access here show that since May 2010 an astonishing 2,257,000 claimants on Jobseeker’s Allowance have had their benefits referred for a decision on whether to cut their benefits for… Continue Reading JSA Benefit sanctions sky rocket under coalition!

Egyptian Disabled Workers Beaten and Attacked During Sit-In

admin2 — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:50:42 +0000

Riot police wielding batons beat and dragged disabled workers in the Egyptian provincial town of Zagazig last week. Hundreds of disabled people who are employed by the Education Department in Sharqiyya province on poverty pay are continuing their sit-in on the steps of the local government buildings despite the attack. Umran al-Khalifa, a law… Continue Reading Egyptian Disabled Workers Beaten and Attacked During Sit-In

Update and new Actions in Fight against the Bedroom tax

admin2 — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:36:46 +0000

Last Saturday saw thousands on the streets again against the Bedroom Tax. Reports and photos are still coming in – see http://antibedroomtax.org.uk/ and Anti-Bedroom Tax and Benefit Justice Federation on facebook Reminder: This Saturday 8 June, 12.30-2.30pm is the first Steering Group meeting for the Anti Bedroom Tax and Benefit Justice Federation at Somerstown Community… Continue Reading Update and new Actions in Fight against the Bedroom tax

Angela 28 Says: If they take away my Support it’ll be the End of my Life!

admin2 — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:03:17 +0000

As more and more people are finding that they go from hours to minutes of support from their local authorities, as ILF users are threatened with being passed into a local authority system that cannot serve the aims of independent living, and as independent living is becoming more of a mirage every day, despite article… Continue Reading Angela 28 Says: If they take away my Support it’ll be the End of my Life!

Ellen Clifford talks to Real Fare on Welfare Reform and Protest

admin2 — Wed, 29 May 2013 21:34:12 +0000

“The government have managed to get away with causing misery…and there hasn’t been an outcry because they’ve wrapped it up in all this language of reform” Ahead of the national day of protest against welfare reforms this Saturday, we caught up with Ellen Clifford – one of the organisers of the Benefit Justice Campaign. In this… Continue Reading Ellen Clifford talks to Real Fare on Welfare Reform and Protest

Another manipulation of figures by the right wing press and the Tory party about incapacity benefit claimants: Anita Bellows

admin2 — Wed, 29 May 2013 21:06:04 +0000

The chair of the UK Statistics Authority, Andrew Dilnot, has responded to a complaint from Sheila Gilmore MP regarding an article published in the Daily Telegraph which implied that 900,000 people who had been in receipt of Incapacity Benefit had dropped their claims rather than undergo a face-to-face assessment for the replacement benefit, Employment and… Continue Reading Another manipulation of figures by the right wing press and the Tory party about incapacity benefit claimants: Anita Bellows

ILF asking for permission to pass details of service users to Local Authorities

Linda — Wed, 29 May 2013 20:51:33 +0000

some ILF users have had letters asking for permission for their details to be passed onto their local authorities. This seems to be some group 2 users as well as group 1 users although who has had these letters seems rather random. This is a draft reply that has been sent in response to the… Continue Reading ILF asking for permission to pass details of service users to Local Authorities

The Atos experience: please read this

admin2 — Tue, 28 May 2013 16:55:16 +0000

When I received the initial phone call, from the DWP, I was hopeful that my health would be assessed fairly. I knew nothing of Atos. I was told that during the process, I would lose no money. That was the first inaccuracy of many to come. I returned the completed health questionnaire and waited. Soon… Continue Reading The Atos experience: please read this

Why the Rise of UKIP is dangerous for disabled people

admin2 — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:18:15 +0000

Many disabled people feel that none of the main political parties represent us: while the Condems are inflicting an unprecedented level of attack on disabled people’s rights and entitlements, we remember that it was New Labour who introduced Atos and the Work Capability Assessment and, much as Labour now tries to distance itself from the… Continue Reading Why the Rise of UKIP is dangerous for disabled people

Mental Health Resistance Network: Survivors Victorious in the Courts against the Goverment’s hated Atos Tests

admin3 — Mon, 27 May 2013 21:18:42 +0000

On Wednesday 22nd May the Judge Upper Tribunal handed down a historic judgement which officially confirms what survivors and disabled people have been saying for years now, that the hated ATOS tests are unfair. Individual survivors brought the case supported by the Public Law Project, the Mental Health Resistance Network, MIND, Rethink and the National… Continue Reading Mental Health Resistance Network: Survivors Victorious in the Courts against the Goverment’s hated Atos Tests

Midsummer Madness – Friday June 7th – Tottenham Chances

admin3 — Mon, 27 May 2013 21:03:50 +0000

Yes folks, Mad Pride Midsummer Madness is on Friday 7th of June 2013 – 8pm till late. The Family of Cats collective are a very tuneful and accessible combo who play a varied set from slow moody lilting ballads to rousing jazzy, Latin, Lounge and “psychedelic funk”. They can sing! I mean really sing –… Continue Reading Midsummer Madness – Friday June 7th – Tottenham Chances

Rob Murthwaite DPAC steering group: No Evictions! Tower Hamlets

admin2 — Sun, 26 May 2013 17:55:50 +0000

Rob Murthwaite – No Evictions! Rich Mix Center Tower Hamlets 12th May 2013 lokis luck·29 videos

Achieve your Potential or Starve, The Government’s Real Message to Young Disabled People

admin2 — Sat, 25 May 2013 16:00:18 +0000

Any campaign from this Government which claims to support disabled people should be viewed with suspicion and the latest offering from the DWP is no exception. The department yesterday put out a press release boasting: “Celebrities have joined forces with the government to help launch a campaign aiming to promote positive role models for disabled… Continue Reading Achieve your Potential or Starve, The Government’s Real Message to Young Disabled People

Eviction notice for bedroom tax? Journalist wants to hear from you

admin2 — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:53:59 +0000

In response to the bedroom tax, have you received a letter telling you this is your “final demand” or mentioning impending “eviction”? I’d like to share the stories of people – particularly those who have disabled people or children in their family – who have received such letters because of the bedroom tax. Please get… Continue Reading Eviction notice for bedroom tax? Journalist wants to hear from you

DPAC and TUC members in action of Solidarity! with film

admin2 — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:58:32 +0000

On the day of the success of the ruling against the WCA-Activists from DPAC and disabled workers attending the TUC Disabled Workers Conference have blocked Tottenham Court Road in an unprecedented act of solidarity. This Government has repeatedly used the language of division, trying to divide workers and claimants, public and private sectors workers, non-disabled… Continue Reading DPAC and TUC members in action of Solidarity! with film

Mental Health Resistance Network: victory on case against WCA!

admin2 — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:20:13 +0000

Three judges today confirmed what DPAC and other campaigners have been saying since 2010– the benefits test used to decide whether people are fit for work, actively discriminates against disabled people and those with mental health issues Mental health Resistance network (MHRN) have won the judicial review case against the DWP on the clear inadequacy… Continue Reading Mental Health Resistance Network: victory on case against WCA!

Will Legal Victory by MHRN against the Atos Tests be our Last?

admin2 — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:19:13 +0000

On the 22 May the Mental Health Resistance Network won their Judicial Review case against the Atos tests (WCA) and the impact on those with mental health issues. We congratulate them, the two people that took the case and the solicitors for the work they have done in exposing the WCA for the nightmare that… Continue Reading Will Legal Victory by MHRN against the Atos Tests be our Last?