Northern Ireland | Stormont consults on fitness-to-work benefit assessments | 14 August 2012
From BBC News in Northern Ireland, 14 August 2012 Views […]
Welfare
Summary of MEA Board of Trustees meeting | August 2012
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Atos wins £400m deals to carry out disability benefits tests | Guardian.co.uk | 2 August 2012
From The Guardian website, 2 August 2012 (story by social
Reviewer of fitness-to-work benefit tests to stand down | BBC News | 30 July 2012
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From BBC News, 30 July 2012. The man in charge
Two TV documentaries on the Work Capability Assessment coming up | 30 July 2012
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The highly controversial Work Capability Assessment – the gateway to obtaining
Parliamentary Question: no change to ESA form to clarify position on assessment recordings | 16 July 2012
The Government have no immediate plans to let Employment and
Personal Independence Payment and eligibility for a Blue Badge | Consultation starts | 9 July 2012
The Department for Transport has today circulated the following letter:
Citizens Advice buckling under volume of calls over new benefits | The Guardian | 4 July 2012
Already overstretched service pushed to breaking point by requests for
Jobcentre bosses warn of suicide risk among benefit claimants | Guardian.co.uk | 20 June 2012
From Guardian.co.uk, 20 June 2012 (story by John Domokos and
Dr Betty Dowsett, 1920 – 2012 | consultant microbiologist who championed M.E. | updated 6 July 2012
Tributes to the memory of Dr Betty Dowsett have begun
Parliamentary Question | Management of ATOS work capability assessments | 11 June 2012
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WRITTEN QUESTION The Countess of Mar, chairman of the Forward
All in the mind? Why critics are wrong to deny the existence of chronic fatigue | Mail Online | 8 May 2012
From ‘Mail Online’, 8 May 2012 (story by Sonia Poulton).
Summary of MEA Board of Trustees meetings in April 2012
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This is a summary of key points to emerge from two
Charity chief quits government welfare panel over incapacity tests | BBC.co.uk | 2 April 2012
From BBC.co.uk, 2 April 2012 The head of a mental
‘Disabled people face unlimited unpaid work or cuts in benefits’, The Guardian, 16 February 2012
From The Guardian, 16 February 2012 (story by Shiv Malik).
‘The Sun’ newspaper and their columnist, Rod Liddle: MEA complains to Press Complaints Commission
In addition to our letter of factual correction to The
Summary: MEA Board of Trustees meetings in January 2012
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‘Benefits cuts fuel abuse of disabled people’, The Guardian, 6 February 2012
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From ‘The Guardian’, 6 February, 2012. (story by Peter Walker).
‘Concessions offered over disability benefit changes’, BBC News, 16 January 2012
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From BBC News, 16 January 2012. Ministers are set to
‘Welfare reform win is heartening, but the fight isn’t over’, The Guardian website, 12 January 2012
From the ‘Comment is Free’ section, Guardian.co.uk, 12 January 2012.