Category Archives: DWP

If even the DWP isn’t Disability Confident, how will a million disabled people get jobs?

Posted on January 19, 2016 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

By Bernadette Meaden The recent case  of a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) employee sacked for taking time off for illness illustrates a truth that the government does not acknowledge. Modern employment practices often appear to be incompatible with … Continue reading →

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Now we have proof the DWP has harmed the mentally ill, is Iain Duncan Smith proud?

Posted on October 31, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Excellent article from Mike Sivier @ Vox Political on line  TRIGGER ALERT: Please note this article contains reference to mental health issues. Yet again, the Department of Work and Pensions has been revealed as an organ of monstrous bureaucratic cruelty … Continue reading →

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I’m so dizzy, my head is spinning!

Posted on October 24, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from an article by Siobhan Fenton Make no mistake – this Tory Government isn’t here to end poverty but to rebrand it. Perhaps never before has this country been ruled by a party so image obsessed and PR driven. … Continue reading →

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“Astroturfing”

Posted on October 19, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has closed its investigation into the Department for Work and Pensions’ use of comments and images from fake benefits claimants in a leaflet designed to demonstrate the positive impact of a controversial government … Continue reading →

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Oh what a tangled web he weaves, when first he practices to deceive *

Posted on October 10, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Morning Star on line *With apologies to Sir Walter Scott    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmion_(poem) AFTER a long wait, the much anticipated benefit claimant death figures were finally released by Iain Duncan Smith (IDS) this summer after being blocked for … Continue reading →

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Daughter of man who committed suicide after being found fit to work takes human rights case to UN

Posted on September 29, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from The National THE grieving daughter of a disabled man who took his own life after being wrongly declared fit for work is getting help from Scottish disability rights campaigners to take his case to the United Nations over … Continue reading →

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Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Chief coroner silent over WCA ‘future deaths’ reports

Posted on September 25, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Disability News Service The chief coroner of England and Wales has refused to act after it emerged that only one coroner has written an official report warning that lives could be put at risk by the government’s “fitness … Continue reading →

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Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Atos ‘has no idea’ if surgeon is still assessing claimants

Posted on September 25, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Disability News Service Government contractor Atos Healthcare claims it has no idea if a former surgeon whose flawed assessment of a disabled man helped trigger his suicide is still testing people with mental health conditions for their eligibility … Continue reading →

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… and so it begins.

Posted on September 24, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Please note  –  Trigger alert – this article contains reference to mental health issues  Thanks to Chris Goulden of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Thanks to Chris, I just came across this little gem on the DWP Gov.UK site … To improve the … Continue reading →

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Sterling statistical work

Posted on September 20, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from New Approach Photo of Nick Dilworth courtesy of the Guardian Following the release of the DWP mortality statistics which were at best confusing, Nick Dilworth who runs the blogs ilegal and New Approach set to work in trying … Continue reading →

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