MP Tom Greatrex says it’s wrong for the private firm to be cashing in when sick and disabled people are suffering because of the “mess” caused by new rules on claiming benefits. The private firm have been carrying out assesments … Continue reading
A MAN chained himself to the railings of a Jobcentre in a row over benefit payments. David Garbett, of Southwick, said he was left without money after his employment and support allowance, £99 per week, which he received fortnightly, was … Continue reading
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
A Request by Twenty Twenty Television for people interested in contributing to a TV Documentary, If your interested then give em a call… Paul Smith “A brand new documentary series is looking to speak to disabled people in the Midlands … Continue reading
A double whammy of a revised appeals process and the abolition of legal aid threatens to deny benefits to vulnerable claimants Continue reading
Three disabled claimants have launched a legal action to challenge the government’s more stringent tests for mobility allowances that came into force on Monday. The decision to seek a judicial review of the regulations emerged as the work and pensions … Continue reading
A story in today’s press finally proved what myself and others had previously thought, the politicians running our country are using the tactics of 1930s Nazi Germany. A 50 Yr old Thalidomide victim, one of the first in this country … Continue reading
People will be forced to ‘take the law into their own hands’ if government cuts to legal aid mean they cannot afford to seek justice in the courts, Britain’s top judge has warned. Lord Neuberger expresses alarm at the consequences … Continue reading
A SUICIDAL lorry driver who was declared ‘fit for work’ by the multinational firm Atos despite his own doctor saying it would be unsafe for him to be on the roads has won his appeal against a decision to strip … Continue reading
Atos it seems is becoming more profitable the more it denies people’s disabilities and sickness. Atos have published a 36% increase in its profits, an increase which was produced through it’s “Disability Denial Factories”, places where you enter as a severely disabled or … Continue reading