A doctor who worked for the private company which assesses people for disability benefits says its methods are “unfair”. Greg Wood, a former Royal Navy doctor, resigned from Atos earlier this month, after working as an assessor for two-and-a-half years. … Continue reading
Katie Hopkins seems to have a hatred of people who are disabled and especially disabled people living or should I say existing on benefits, she has after all a record for this sort of abuse - http://atosvictimsgroup.co.uk/2012/05/13/katie-hopkins-of-apprentice-fame-attacks-those-on-disability-benefits/ This woman has no … Continue reading
At last, after three years of cuts to social care, there now seems to be a growing awareness that there may be a problem in cutting this vital public service. Sadly that problem, at least as far as the newspapers … Continue reading
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
Stephanie Bottrill, 53, was found dead by a motorway last weekend. Earlier, she had posted her keys and a note saying the Government was ‘to blame’ for her death through a neighbour’s door. Her son Steven, 27, told the Sunday … Continue reading
Work Secretary Iain Duncan Smith was urged to apologise to the unemployed tonight after watchdogs rapped him for abusing statistics. The former Tory leader claimed that the Coalition’s decision to cap benefit payments had driven 8,000 people to get a … Continue reading
Last summer, when Mary Laver carried the Olympic torch along Newcastle’s New Bridge Street buoyed up by the cheers and applause of the crowds lining the route, it was as a British hero. The former RAF servicewoman has rheumatoid arthritis … Continue reading
Devoted mum Elizabeth Barry faces sending autistic son Ryan into care because of the Government’s Bedroom Tax. The single parent is the main carer for the 20-year-old, who doctors say has the mental age of a toddler. But the pair, … Continue reading
Many people have been shocked by a story which appeared on Twitter yesterday. Alex has collated the tweets here. To put this in context, the poster Thomas Hemingford’s twitter profile reads: “Man. Married, disabled wife. 3 Children, 1 disabled.” Now … Continue reading
A DISABLED Hampshire woman faces being thrown out of her home just a year after her husband died, because of the Government’s new “bedroom tax”. Taxpayers have already spent £10,000 adapting her home but now Carmen Haynes says she will have … Continue reading