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 retired newsagent died after his unsecured wheelchair tipped over in the back of a G4S ambulance that the driver had been poorly trained to use, an inquest jury has found. Double amputee Palaniappan Thevarayan, 47, suffered fatal head injuries … Continue reading
New evidence supports claim former backbencher’s life was threatened A burly veteran of scores of amateur boxing bouts, the Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens was best known during his bustling 16-year career in Parliament as a pugnacious right-winger who supplied “hang … Continue reading
Liam Fox the Disgraced Ex Government Minister wants George Osborne to announce further cuts to the Welfare Budget, the slimebag is also hinting that he wouldn’t be against returning to front line politics again in the cabinet If his old … Continue reading
What a bloody cheek this Tory Boy has for accusing Lambeth Council of wasting public money, what about all the bloody money the Tory’s have used to spin lies about so-called ”Benefit Scroungers” or Fraudulent Disabled people not really being disabled, … Continue reading
The Conservatives are inviting people to see poverty as a kind of self-inflicted moral freak show, to be gawped at and despised Continue reading
Demonstrators call on government to stop planned closure of A&E department and downgrading of maternity ward Thousands of protesters have marched through south-east London to demand that the government stops the planned closure of a hospital’s accident and emergency department … Continue reading
An MP who claimed £20,000 a year for a London flat despite having a £1.8million home in nearby Surrey has complained that she is struggling to sell her house. Equalities Minister Helen Grant moaned that she has been … Continue reading
Rising levels of poverty and scarce job prospects for young people could lead to fresh unrest on British streets, the head of the International Red Cross has warned. Yves Daccord said worsening economic and social conditions could see a repeat … Continue reading
RIP Con Shiels, a true champion & man of the people, maybe it’s time a new march is needed?…. Paul Smith Founder Atos Victims Group News He was the last of the Jarrow Marchers – a famous band of jobless … Continue reading