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Category Archives: politics
Confirmed – The FULL Impact of Cuts Disabled People Face
Originally posted on Same Difference:
Cross posted from here at the request of Sue Marsh. “Since the coalition came to power, sick and disabled people have claimed we are being fundamentally harmed by the coalition welfare reforms. Not scroungers or…
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Beyond The Barriers- Launch
Originally posted on Same Difference:
I saw this a little late, for which sincere apologies to Sue Marsh, who wants it shared far and wide. BEYOND THE BARRIERS – LAUNCH!!!!! Good morning. The Spartacus team have been working for three…
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The People’s Review Of The WCA- Further Evidence
Originally posted on Same Difference:
From We Are Spartacus: The People’s Review of the WCA – Further Evidence has been written by an anonymous author determined, despite seriously failing health, to do everything she possibly can to raise awareness of the…
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Leaked Evidence Shows DWP Set Quotas For ‘Fit For Work’ Assessments
Originally posted on Same Difference:
Cross posted with the permission of the brilliant campaigner Kaliya Franklin, who wrote the report. Why are so many sick and disabled people being failed by the Work Capability Assessment and who is to…
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Ordinary Guy- A Letter To David Cameron In Song
Step 1: Listen to this. Step 2: Share it everywhere. There’s not much else I can say- I’m too busy listening to the song and laughing!
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ESA SOS- the Starting Gun #esaendgame
Cross posted from here by request of Sue Marsh. Please RT share share share. In a few weeks, I’m going to arrange for some very significant stories to break in the very mainstream press about ESA. I’ve been collecting them … Continue reading
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Some Good News! Campaigner Christos Palmer Wins ESA Appeal At Tribunal
Readers, I’ve just had some good news from disability campaigner Christos Palmer. Yesterday, he won his appeal against being in the Work Related Activity Group for Employment Support Allowance. He’s now in the support group. https://twitter.com/ChristosPalmer/status/301118833081589760 Congratulations Christos. This is … Continue reading
PLEASE NOTE: Well over 100,000 to lose Motability vehicles under draconian new rules published yesterday (Thursday 13 December)
Originally posted on Same Difference:
Reposted by request of Jane Young from here. When I blogged on this topic back in January, I predicted thousands of disabled people would lose their Motability vehicles under the Government’s draft criteria for Personal Independence…
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PROGRESS! PROGRESS! SERIOUS PIP PROGRESS!
Readers, I am so so happy at this moment. In a Commons Statement earlier today, our new Minister, Esther McVey MP, set out Government plans for PIP. A video of the full statement and Labour’s response is here. A written … Continue reading
New report highlights failures of Work Capability Assessment as Spartacus campaign awaits Harrington’s final review
A new report from the Spartacus campaign today (Monday 12 November) analyses the failures of the Government’s Work Capability Assessment and the Employment & Support Allowance system, which is supposed to support people who are too sick or disabled to … Continue reading
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