Five disabled people lose challenge over scrapped scheme that gave them independence

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Five disabled people have lost their High Court challenge over the Government’s decision to abolish a scheme that helps them live independently. Their lawyers asked Mr Justice Blake, sitting in London, to declare “unlawful” the consultation process that led to … Continue reading

Baroness Tanni Grey Thomson doesn’t get top job, “What’s the big deal that’s life for disabled people all the time”…

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Tanni Grey Thomson has been turned down for the position of Head of Sport England in favour of Nick Bittel Chief Executive of the London Marathon, some people are questioning this decision but did anyone really think the government would … Continue reading

Atos apologises to long-term sick wrongly assessed as fit for work

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In her first public interview, Lisa Coleman, the manager who oversees the firm’s contract with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), was asked by BBC Radio 4′s You and Yours programme if she would like to apologise. She replied: … Continue reading

BBC radio presenter wins tribunal after DWP wrongly claimed she was fit to work despite recovering from chemotherapy and double mastectomy…

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A BBC radio star has beaten the Government in a tribunal after they wrongly claimed she was fit to work as she recovered from intensive chemotherapy and losing both breasts. Val Armstrong, of Carlisle, Cumbria, challenged the Department For Work … Continue reading

Torturers of the vulnerable in court…

James Hinds denies 22 counts of ill-treating a patient

Four staff from the Solar Centre, at St Catherine’s Hospital in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, deny more than 50 counts of mistreating vulnerable adults in their care. Alleged incidents involved 17 different patients, many of whom are blind, mute and have … Continue reading

Atos/DWP Responsible For Another Death…

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Nicholas Peter Barker, of Bridge Farm Close, Helmsley, was found dead in his front garden with a shotgun at his feet by his neighbour on December 10 last year. In a statement, Keith Howes said he had known Mr Barker for … Continue reading

Osborne’s Staged Tears for Thatcher are Pathetic….

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George Osborne was seen to wipe away tears at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral Earlier today yet he sheds no tears for the innocent lives he is destroying with his massive cuts to welfare? Osborne and the rest of the elite who … Continue reading

Atos Forced to Pay Out £2K In ESA WCA Equality Act Case….

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Whilst the government would be ever so pleased If all us crips just laid down and died quietly some have found the strength to fight back against these bastards and won? A man has received compensation from Atos to the … Continue reading