tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9245240274109565562024-03-05T08:54:37.000-08:00Black Triangle Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disabled ClaimantsBlack Triangle - Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disabled ClaimantsBlack Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-58925816219359891242011-04-20T12:29:00.000-07:002011-04-20T12:29:57.851-07:00Birmingham City Council social care cuts ruled unlawful by High Court - West Midlands News - News - Birmingham Post<a href="http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2011/04/20/birmingham-city-council-social-care-cuts-ruled-unlawful-by-high-court-65233-28557053/">Birmingham City Council social care cuts ruled unlawful by High Court - West Midlands News - News - Birmingham Post</a>: "Unison welcomed the ruling, with the union's regional head of local government Tony Rabaiotti describing it as a 'landmark ruling and a tremendous victory for thousands of vulnerable people across Birmingham who rely upon social care provision'."Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-79349972212494341022011-04-20T12:25:00.000-07:002011-04-20T12:25:35.160-07:00Another council faces court action over cuts to support<a href="http://www.bhfederation.org.uk/federation-news/item/1176-another-council-faces-court-action-over-cuts-to-support.html">Another council faces court action over cuts to support</a>: "In the latest cases, a disabled Lancashire woman and the parents of two disabled boys – Boy A and Boy D – are seeking judicial reviews of decisions made by Lancashire County Council.<br /><br />The disabled woman is challenging cuts to adult social care and possible cuts to her own care package.<br /><br />The council wants to raise the eligibility threshold for support from “moderate” to “substantial”, saving £2.5 million a year for the next two years; cut spending on personal budgets and home care by £12 million over three years; and increase revenue from charging by more than £5.5 million over four years."Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-81938950881466267902011-04-20T12:16:00.000-07:002011-04-20T12:16:24.189-07:00BBC News - Birmingham City Council disabled care limits 'unlawful'<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-13147675">BBC News - Birmingham City Council disabled care limits 'unlawful'</a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; ">"It explained that only those whose needs had been assessed as "critical" would qualify for council-funded care...but the judges ruled that the council business plan was unlawful because it failed to comply with Section 49a of the Disability Discrimination Act."</span></div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-74403047416129930742011-04-20T06:55:00.000-07:002011-04-20T06:55:08.614-07:00Know your rights | Right to protest<a href="http://www.righttoprotest.co.uk/knowyourrights/">Know your rights | Right to protest</a><div><br /></div><div>BINDMANS LLP - Information for Protesters</div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-28863442966379461152011-04-19T08:44:00.000-07:002011-04-19T08:44:01.386-07:00Mandatory Work Activity contracts announced | Indus Delta<a href="http://indusdelta.co.uk/story/mandatory_work_activity_contracts_announced/5497">Mandatory Work Activity contracts announced | Indus Delta</a>: "Mandatory Work Activity contracts announced<br />Submitted by amielouisewilliams on Fri, 15/04/2011 - 11:56am<br />The Department for Work and Pensions has announced the results of the recent Mandatory Work Activity (MWA) programme bidding round."<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><table summary="Table with links to current Opportunities to Tender" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><tbody style="border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "><tr><th align="left" style="text-align: left; padding-right: 1em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "><strong>CPA</strong></th><th align="left" style="text-align: left; padding-right: 1em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "><strong>CPA Name</strong></th><th align="left" style="text-align: left; padding-right: 1em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "><strong>Preferred Bidder </strong></th></tr><tr><td>CPA1</td><td>South East</td><td>JHP Group</td></tr><tr><td>CPA2</td><td>South West</td><td>Rehab Group</td></tr><tr><td>CPA3</td><td>London</td><td>Seetec</td></tr><tr><td>CPA4</td><td>East of England</td><td>Seetec</td></tr><tr><td>CPA5</td><td align="left">East Midlands</td><td>Ingeus</td></tr><tr><td>CPA6</td><td>West Midlands</td><td>ESG</td></tr><tr><td>CPA7</td><td>North West</td><td>JHP Group</td></tr><tr><td>CPA8</td><td>Yorks & Humber </td><td>BEST</td></tr><tr><td>CPA9</td><td>North East</td><td>Ingeus</td></tr><tr><td>CPA10</td><td>Scotland</td><td>JHP Group</td></tr><tr><td>CPA11 </td><td>Wales</td><td>Rehab Group</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-49764734270418791972011-04-19T08:34:00.000-07:002011-04-19T08:34:50.796-07:00Disability Rights Watch UK<a href="http://www.disabilityrightswatchuk.org/index2.php">Disability Rights Watch UK</a>: "The project aims to ensure that disabled people, Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs) and our allies, are fully involved in monitoring the UK's performance in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities."Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-1674263190361558922011-04-17T13:42:00.000-07:002011-04-17T13:42:23.776-07:00The Crutch Collective: Daily Mail Glasgow offices invaded by Anti-Benefit Cuts Protesters<a href="http://thecrutchcollective.blogspot.com/2011/04/daily-mail-glasgow-offices-invaded-by.html">The Crutch Collective: Daily Mail Glasgow offices invaded by Anti-Benefit Cuts Protesters</a>: "Disabled people, people with illnesses, parents, people on low wages, unemployed people, carers and others demand an end to the defamation by the Daily Mail of people who need benefits to survive."<div><br /></div><div>14/04/11</div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-80199085896955706462011-04-12T21:01:00.000-07:002011-04-12T21:01:41.307-07:00http://www.socialworkfuture.org/images/documents/swan_statement_on_cuts_and_resistance.pdf<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; ">SOCIAL WORK ACTION NETWORK</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; ">The scale of the present assault on the poorest in our society is unlike anything any of us have witnessed for several generations. The time has come for those involved in social work to make a stand against the social violence being unleashed by the ConDem coalition: to speak out, campaign and join the movements of resistance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; "></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; ">Another world is possible!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; "><strong>SWAN Steering Committee</strong></span></p></span>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-909750759536790132011-04-12T10:29:00.000-07:002011-04-12T10:29:32.595-07:00http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/339347/Work_Capability_Assessment_call_for_evidence_Aug_2010_final.pdfRoyal College of Nursing & the Work Capability Assessment Régime Call for Evidence - Communiqué Paper from August 2010Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-70491083901072981642011-04-10T20:35:00.000-07:002011-04-10T20:35:09.434-07:00Art of War by SunTzu [SunZi] -English Hypertext<a href="http://www.chinapage.com/philosophy/sunzi/sunzi-e.html">Art of War by SunTzu [SunZi] -English Hypertext</a>:<div><br /></div><div>3. The art of war, then, is governed by five constant<br /> factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations,<br /> when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.<br /><br />4. These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth;<br /> (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline."</div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-24096808857526581942011-04-10T20:19:00.000-07:002011-04-10T20:19:25.027-07:00Well enough to work? -- McCartney 342 -- bmj.com<a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d599.full.html?ijkey=1MHG4NxT0uJX4Lq&keytype=ref">Well enough to work? -- McCartney 342 -- bmj.com</a>: <div><br /></div><div><b>BMJ 2011; 342:d599 doi: 10.1136/bmj.d599</b></div><div><b>(Published 2 February 2011)</b><br /><br /></div><div>Cite this as: <b>BMJ 2011; 342:d599</b><br /><br /></div><div>Feature<br /><br /></div><div>Medical Work Assessments:<br /><br /></div><div><i><b>'Well enough to work?'</b></i><br /><br /></div><div>Margaret McCartney, general practitioner, Glasgow.</div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-2597114352180854612011-04-10T19:35:00.000-07:002011-04-10T19:35:51.375-07:00The Corporate Tax GapReport published by the TUCBlack Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-84325647347470370352011-04-10T11:27:00.000-07:002011-04-10T11:27:43.139-07:00International Socialism: The return of fear<a href="http://www.isj.org.uk/index.php4?id=719&issue=130">International Socialism: The return of fear</a>: "They have revitalised the disability movement and have led to the creation of militant new organisations such as Disabled People against Cuts and the Black Triangle Campaign, both of which have shown a willingness to engage in direct action."Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-69740229014085882222011-04-10T08:10:00.000-07:002011-04-10T08:10:33.630-07:00Government admits Jobcentres set targets to take away benefits | Politics | guardian.co.uk<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/apr/08/jobcentres-benefits-sanctions-targets?intcmp=239">Government admits Jobcentres set targets to take away benefits | Politics | guardian.co.uk</a>: "'The secretary of state should issue a full and public apology. When MPs return from their Easter break he should also be asked to explain to parliament why he tried to mislead the public."Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-78670542905793328002011-04-10T08:09:00.000-07:002011-04-10T08:09:23.211-07:00Benefits: Department of Woeful Practices | Comment is free | The Guardian<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/08/benefits-department-woeful-practices">Benefits: Department of Woeful Practices | Comment is free | The Guardian</a>: "In this new world of rough justice, most claimants will receive no real justice at all. The government has proposed abolishing legal aid in social security cases, even though these naturally involve people in no position to foot their own legal bill. The coalition's creed is looking less like the liberalism that it proclaims, and more like a desiccated libertarianism – which talks up the freedoms of people with means, and hurls those with none to the dogs."Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-56576155386199784062011-04-10T07:58:00.000-07:002011-04-10T07:58:08.217-07:00Atos Origin: Cracking Down on Workshy Scroungers<a href="http://www.democraticdeficit.com/atos_origin_cracking_down_on_workshy_scroungers.html">Atos Origin: Cracking Down on Workshy Scroungers</a><div><br /></div><div>FROM DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT DOTCOM</div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-29018957404423808952011-04-10T07:28:00.000-07:002011-04-10T07:28:14.953-07:00National Day of Protest Against Welfare & Housing Benefit Cuts<a href="http://benefitclaimantsfightback.wordpress.com/">National Day of Protest Against Welfare & Housing Benefit Cuts</a><div><br /></div><div>Benefit Claimants Fight Back Website</div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-28171594186650347862011-04-08T05:52:00.000-07:002011-04-08T05:52:32.781-07:00Government admits Jobcentres set targets to take away benefits | Politics | guardian.co.uk<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/apr/08/jobcentres-benefits-sanctions-targets">Government admits Jobcentres set targets to take away benefits | Politics | guardian.co.uk</a>: "Department of Work and Pensions backtracks on denial of Guardian investigation that some jobcentres have been taking people off benefits amid pressure to meet targets"Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-72090365308122246192011-04-07T21:07:00.000-07:002011-04-07T21:07:24.511-07:00The libertarian cheerleaders of the government's class war<a href="http://networkedblogs.com/gizKn">The libertarian cheerleaders of the government's class war</a><div><br /></div><div>The march of the reactionaries in support of the cuts</div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-52770074125414347232011-04-07T21:03:00.000-07:002011-04-07T21:03:14.952-07:00Truth, Reason & Liberty: Jody McIntyre - a personification of the state's contempt for the disabled<a href="http://truth-reason-liberty.blogspot.com/2010/12/jody-mcintyre-personification-of-states.html">Truth, Reason & Liberty: Jody McIntyre - a personification of the state's contempt for the disabled</a><div><br /></div><div>14th December 2010</div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-64346171563031670162011-04-07T20:03:00.000-07:002011-04-07T20:03:55.490-07:00Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% | Society | Vanity Fair<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/05/top-one-percent-201105">Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% | Society | Vanity Fair</a>: <div><br /></div><div>INEQUALITY<br /><br />Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.<br /><br />By Joseph E. Stiglitz</div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-35356500698831584142011-04-07T17:02:00.000-07:002011-04-07T17:02:57.286-07:00OP-ED COLUMNIST - The Austerity Delusion - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com<a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE3DE1131F936A15750C0A9679D8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">OP-ED COLUMNIST - The Austerity Delusion - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com</a>: "Portugal's government has just fallen in a dispute over austerity proposals. Irish bond yields have topped 10 percent for the first time. And the British government has just marked its economic forecast down and its deficit forecast up.<br /><br />What do these events have in common? They're all evidence that slashing spending in the face of high unemployment is a mistake. Austerity advocates predicted that spending cuts would bring quick dividends in the form of rising confidence, and that there would be few, if any, adverse effects on growth and jobs; but they were wrong."<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; "><h6 class="byline" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">By PAUL KRUGMAN (Nobel Prize-Winning Economist)</h6><h6 class="dateline" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Published: March 25, 2011</h6></span></div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-11206912766833966352011-04-07T12:19:00.000-07:002011-04-07T12:19:14.065-07:00The biggest lie in British politics : Johann Hari<a href="http://www.johannhari.com/2011/03/29/the-biggest-lie-in-british-politics">The biggest lie in British politics : Johann Hari</a><div><br /></div><div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; ">Here’s the lie. We are in a debt crisis. Our national debt is dangerously and historically high. We are being threatened by the international bond markets. The way out is to eradicate our deficit rapidly. Only that will restore “confidence”, and therefore economic growth. Every step of this program is false, and endangers you."</span></div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-66160387105574248592011-04-06T20:44:00.000-07:002011-04-06T20:44:13.344-07:00Comment: 'Capacity' to work is not an abstract concept - politics.co.uk<a href="http://www.politics.co.uk/comment/welfare-and-pensions/comment-capacity-to-work-is-not-an-abstract-concept-$21388251.htm">Comment: 'Capacity' to work is not an abstract concept - politics.co.uk</a>: "Incapacity benefit reform is not addressing the underlying question: Are disabled people avoiding work or are companies unwilling to employ them?<br />By Prof Alan Roulstone<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; ">Alan Roulstone is professor of applied social sciences (disability policy) at Northumbria University.</span></div>Black Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02241952625066831863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924524027410956556.post-37003232872372021492011-04-06T15:07:00.000-07:002011-04-06T15:10:45.072-07:00Decision to axe £1.4m funding for Birmingham voluntary groups ruled unlawful - West Midlands News - News - Birmingham Post<a href="http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2011/04/01/decision-to-axe-1-4m-funding-for-birmingham-voluntary-groups-ruled-unlawful-65233-28438984/">Decision to axe £1.4m funding for Birmingham voluntary groups ruled unlawful - West Midlands News - News - Birmingham Post</a>: "Mr Justice Blake said a Birmingham City Council decision to stop giving money to groups such as the Citizens Advice Bureau was “clearly defective” and that councillors appeared not to understand their obligations under the Race Relations Act, Sex Discrimination Act and Disability Discrimination Act.<br />
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