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  • 31 Jan 2012
    Lords again seek to prevent reduction in money for disabled children

    Crossbenchers and others in the House of Lords will seek one more time to amend the Welfare Reform Bill to prevent a reduction in the money paid to disabled children.

  • 26 Jan 2012
    Disabled rights on the streets

    Disabled and sick people angry at government cuts and changes that will hit thousands of vulnerable people across Britain are taking to the streets over the coming week.

  • 23 Jan 2012
    Benefit cap will hit part-time workers, admit ministers

    The government has admitted that its household benefits cap will apply to part-time workers as well as to unemployed people.

  • 23 Jan 2012
    'The disabled and sick': a breed apart?

    Everywhere we look see and hear the phrase “The Sick and Disabled”. It is as if somehow 'these people' are a separate commodity - other than us, says Karen McAndrew. A breed apart. Seeing ‘them’ like this is what allows politicians and journalists to discuss ‘their’ future in terms of statistics. Talking of ‘them’ in these terms makes it easier for people to dissociate and thereby give consent for actions which will have an adverse effect. The arguments over the deeply flawed Welfare Reform Bill are a clear example of this. The Spartacus campaign is a key part of the much-needed reversal.

  • 16 Jan 2012
    The reality of DLA - Spartacus stories

    In preparation for the House of Lords debate on the Welfare Reform Bill (WRB) tomorrow, where Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will be in the spotlight, the #spartacusreport campaign (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/spartacusreport) has launched a fresh initiative - #spartacusstories, which gives people the opportunity through Twitter, blogs and other social media to tell their own stories of why DLA is important to them and the realities of living and surviving as a sick or disabled person.

  • 16 Jan 2012
    A fresh propaganda offensive against disabled rights

    With the government still apparently willing to make sick, disabled and vulnerable people pay for a financial slump brought about by greed, de-regulation and speculation, the press-mediated propaganda assault has begun ahead of the next House of Lords debate on welfare reform (17 January).

  • 16 Jan 2012
    Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is deeply flawed

    This week the Welfare Reform Bill returns to the House of Lords, following three damaging defeats for the government last week. Disability Living Allowance, the subject of the #spartacusreport, will come into the spotlight. But so will assessment - not least the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), which is being used in relation to Employment Support Allowance (ESA). It is the process by which people in receipt of the allowance are formally tested to see if they are "fit for work".

  • 11 Jan 2012
    Why the Social Fund is vital

    The government is proposing to cut the Social Fund, which provides emergency support for poor, sick and vulnerable people in desperate need.

  • 8 Jan 2012
    Why I'm helping to block a road

    Ekklesia associate director Symon Hill is planning to join in nonviolent direct action by blocking a central London road in protest against reckless driving and the policies of central and local government. In this article, he explains why.

  • 8 Jan 2012
    Cyclists and disabled people to block central London road

    Cyclists, pedestrians and disability activists will block a dangerous road in central London to call for "a change in the balance of power on London's roads".