International Women’s Day/Strike DEFENDING OUR CHILDREN AND OUR WORLD The Global Women’s Strike (GWS) is hosting this outdoor picket, delighted to be joined by Frack Free Knitting Nanas Lancashire, Stanstead 15, Mental Health Resistance Network, English Collective of Prostitutes, WinVisible, Women of Colour Global Womens Strike and more. Info below, you are welcome to contact us on win@winvisible.org Weather … Read more
Single mum carer and disabled daughter, ESA woman, lost added disability amounts Please come along, or support in other ways: #StopandScrap Universal Credit Wed 23 January 2019 at High Court, Strand, London WC2A 2LL Court case 10.30am. Go into court 18 to support the claimants, TD, AD and Ms Reynolds. Cases listed here. Continues Thursday 24 January, support … Read more
Danielle Johnson, a dinner lady from Keighley, West Yorkshire, and three other single mums in waged work, have won their legal challenge against Universal Credit (UC) fluctuating payments. A court hearing about what redress and compensation they will receive, is expected in February. Families, especially mothers in waged work, who rely on UC to top … Read more
Debbie Domb, a disability rights community campaigner, whose commitment was central in winning free homecare in the London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) for thousands of older and disabled people, has died aged 60. H&F is the only Council in the whole of England to have policy, not to impose charges on us. We … Read more
2-3 December 2018 marks the 34th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster in India. A pesticide factory owned by US multinational corporation Union Carbide (taken over by Dow Chemical, now DowDuPont) exploded at night, fatally gassing many thousands of people, their cows and other animals, and exposing half a million people to the poison. It … Read more
Dear friends, please attend court to show your support: Tues 27 November 2018, from 10.30am: go into Court 1 to support the claimants. High Court, Strand, London WC2A 2LL Continues Wednesday, check court listing here Single mums are in court to challenge the government over the Universal Credit (UC) payment system which is inflexible and … Read more
Our friends Mental Health Resistance Network (MHRN) have published their own wide-ranging list of demands by people with mental distress, “We Demand”, ahead of tomorrow’s conference of high-up NHS professionals, Care Quality Commission and Mind, on: “Next steps for mental health services in England – funding, care quality and efficiencies” (20 November 2018). MHRN are … Read more
Some women who lost severe disability premiums (SDPs) have been in touch with us since the judge ruled in favour of the two disabled men who lost severe disability premiums after they moved area and were made to change from ESA to Universal Credit (UC). It’s so frustrating that despite winning in court, other disabled … Read more