Errol Graham, from Nottingham, slowly starved to death after being cut off ESA for “failure to attend” a face-to-face assessment on 31 August 2017. (The assessor company Maximus – CHDA would have reported his “failure to attend” to the DWP.) His bereaved daughter-in-law, Alison Turner, went to Disability News Service and has been campaigning for … Read more
Reposted from Disability News Service: Call for second Jodey Whiting inquest increases pressure for DWP deaths inquiry By John Pring on 9th January 2020 A mother who has asked the attorney general for permission to seek a second inquest into her disabled daughter’s suicide says it would boost growing calls for an inquiry into all deaths linked to … Read more
GREENWICH DISABLED PEOPLE — EMERGENCY WORKSHOP RALLY to Maintain Our Adult Social Care Services Friday 3 Jan 2020 — 3.30pm to 6pm. Change of venue, now at The Great Harry pub, 7-9 Wellington St, Woolwich, London SE18 6PQ (near Woolwich Arsenal overground station. From the station, same direction as if you are going towards the … Read more
On Tuesday 3 December 2019 – International Day of Disabled People at Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL Court case starts 10.30am. Go into court room 73 to support the claimants, TP and AR. Court times to be listed here. Continues Wednesday 4 December (afternoon only), Thursday 5 December, support in court needed. … Read more
Let’s look at the track record of political parties concerning benefits. Click here to read our previous chronology of the community actions from October 2010 to March 2016 which led to the resignation of the then Work and Pensions Minister Iain Duncan Smith. Note: Research done by the Spartacus Network was not included in the round-up. … Read more
We want to share this news from the Benefits Training Company about someone who was told to claim Universal Credit (UC) but should have stayed on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). As far as we understand it, the Benefits Training Company is saying that although Mr B split up from his partner, his ill-health remained … Read more