NEWSFLASH – Judicial Review of Work Capability Assessment Granted

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DPAC have just published this very important information on their website High Court rules Work Capability Assessment arguably unlawful The High Court has today granted permission to two disabled people to bring a claim for judicial review against the Secretary of … Continue reading

Complaining to Atos – “A document provided by Derbyshire Dales & Amber Valley & Erewash CAB (Citizens Advice Bureau)…

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Related articles Hundreds in Derbyshire win victory in sickness benefits battle(atosvictimsgroup.co.uk) WCA Audio Recording – Important (& disgraceful) update – Tia Junior Blogspot…(atosvictimsgroup.co.uk) Atos does its own mystery shopping(atosvictimsgroup.co.uk) Atos WCA Audio Recording Pilot Study Report…(atosvictimsgroup.co.uk) DPAC Request – Help … Continue reading

Young disabled people to benefit from work scheme

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Department for Work and Pensions offering payments of up to £2,275 for each worker following closure of Remploy factories Employers are being given financial incentives to employ severely disabled young people under a three-year government scheme that promises payments of … Continue reading

DPAC Request – Help expose Work Capability Assessment

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DPAC and Black Triangle have been working with a TV company to make a really hard-hitting documentary exposing the WCA and ATOS assessments. We are confident that this programme will help expose the ATOS atrocities. Unfortunately one of the people … Continue reading

How hundreds of patients are dying of thirst in hospital: The story of a 22-year-old who died in hospital from dehydration shocked Britain. But his tragedy is horrifyingly common

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The reports last week of Kane Gorny’s final  hours beggared belief. The 22-year-old had been admitted to one of  the UK’s top teaching hospitals for hip replacement surgery, but within three  days he’d died of thirst, after medical staff ignored … Continue reading

DISPATCHES TV MON 30TH JULY – 8PM ” Britain on the Sick”

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On Mon 30th July BBC2 and Channel 4 are broadcasting two documentaries, the channel 4 “Dispatches” series is looking into the methods used to assess sickness and disability benefits, Panorama being shown on BBC2 because of the Olympics is broadcasting a … Continue reading

How Research into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Turned into an Ugly Fight

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 Mikovits is the facilities research director. (David Calvert / AP Photo)

Author Casey Shwartz How did a star researcher into the medical mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome end up in jail and unemployed? For the first time, Judy Mikovits tells her story. On Nov. 9, 2011, Judy Mikovits, a well-known chronic … Continue reading

PANORAMA – MON 30TH JULY – Disabled or Faking It?

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Panorama investigates the government’s plans to end the so-called ‘sick note culture’ and their attempts to get millions of people off disability benefits and into work. In Britain’s modern welfare state, millions are being paid to private companies to assess … Continue reading

BBC tells stars to dodge tax: Workers face the ultimatum, go off the books or face the sack

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The BBC has told thousands of workers to go ‘off the books’ to cut its tax bill. Whistle-blowers claim stars are routinely  ordered to set up personal service companies, or face the sack. The arrangements – condemned as deplorable  and … Continue reading