Tory minister for suicide prevention: ‘Like curing malaria with the plague’
It was an easy mistake to make. When I heard the Conservative government had appointed a minister for suicide prevention …
Tag Archives: Employment Support Allowance
The spirit of Scrooge is haunting the DWP
Here’s a tale of festive woe from the BBC News website: More than 32,000 people have not received benefit payments …
MPs: Terminate the deadly Atos assessment regime before anyone else dies
Sick and disabled people in the UK can justifiably feel they are lining up for a death sentence as they …
Ashamed to be British as prejudice and bigotry stalk the streets
“Too many people in this country wallowing in their own self-pity who will find the slightest reason to avoid doing …
Let’s get Ed on-side
The Daily Mail columnist Sonia Poulton has written a letter to Ed Miliband, in order to secure his opposition to …
New Atos contract to increase misery for the disabled
Not content with killing 32 Incapacity/Employment Support Allowance claimants every week, the Department for Work and Pensions has awarded the …
Disability benefits – who’s really faking it?
Earlier this week, both Channel 4 and the BBC gave us new documentaries about the way disabled people’s claims for …
Show your contempt for this arrogant dictatorship
Does anybody reading this still think the UK is a democracy? I dare say most people are aware that the …