Respect For the Unemployed & Benefit Claimants
Important information regarding Universal Jobserarch (UJ)
24 Mar 2013
News
Summary of Secret Correspondence from the DWP to McVey on the ILF Closure
In the court case taken by five disabled people against the proposed closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) , and supported by a campaign led by DPAC and Inclusion London certain documents were used. These documents are mainly correspondence between civil servants at the Government's Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) and the minister for disabled people: Esther McVey.
24 Mar 2013
PLEASE MAKE USE OF YOUR LOCAL SERVICES!
For anyone facing uncertainty over income due to benefit cuts,please make an appointment with your local c.a.b. Or if your illness is affiliated to a major charity like MENCAP,SCOPE,SANE,BRIT HEART FOUNDATIONhttp://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/contact-usetc. then ring and ask them for an explanation of your changed income due to welfare reform.That includes council and bedroom tax,ATOS,ESA,DLA NHS services because many have welfare benefit specialists. Carers UK and Carers Trust all have comprehensive details or a phone helpline.They are paid with public money to do this job so please make use of them.
23 Mar 2013
Our human rights are important!
Our human rights are under threat as a result of damaging press coverage as well as the negative attitude of the government towards our human rights legislation. Both have focused on how human rights have been used to protect suspected terrorists rights, rather than recognising the important role they play in protecting the most vulnerable in society, including disabled people and older people. Laura Matthews from our research team looks at the importance of human rights to us.
HM
23 Mar 2013
Government invoke Godwin’s law to refuse to meet disabled people
Esther McVey: Talk to the hand
23 Mar 2013
An Open Letter To Mark Serwotka From A Disabled Person
A disabled person's open letter to PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka.
23 Mar 2013