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
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
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
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
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
He cannot stop himself can he, Iain Duncan Smith continues to spread lies about benefits like farmers spread manure to improve crop growth? In the Mail an article quotes him as saying ‘Seventy per cent of people on it have … Continue reading
Poor old Iain Duncan Smith is getting angry with us peasants for fighting back against the draconian welfare reforms he is so proud to have introduced, he growls that the petition to see if he could live on £53.00 per … Continue reading
It is not just the Tory faithful who wish to see the end of the welfare system as we know it, the Labour Party too have jumped on that bandwagon for they have at every opportunity turned their backs on … 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
I am extremely grateful for the huge number of persons and organisations who have written to me both before and after the debate in the House on Atos on 17 January. If this campaign succeeds, and I believe it will, … Continue reading