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Jun
2
2012

"Political affiliations, dogma and individual policies aside, one naturally assumes and expects that one’s elected Government will at least manage whatever it does effectively and with appropriate due diligence to protect those whom it serves. "

cosmos uk

"You will be helping to tackle the growing problem of disability hate crime and in turn your actions will be going toward improving the lives of many sick and disabled people including those who claim disability related benefits who are often fearful of or even becoming victims of abuse and in a minority of cases, direct assault and aggression."

cosmos uk benefits disability

Jun
1
2012

"A Tory councillor on Surrey’s health committee has called for seriously ill people to be forced out of the county. John Butcher has suggested those with “self-inflicted morbidity” should be “encouraged” to “move away from Surrey” – in the name of pushing up house prices."

cosmos uk

May
31
2012

“I’d liken this to what the Nazis did, working the disabled and the sick until they dropped dead and were no longer a burden.”

cosmos uk benefits

"Monarchy, we are often told, is merely a symbol, nothing more! Tell that to the fairies, it sits at the pinnacle of class prejudice and privilege. When MP’s, diplomats, the military, police and judges pledge allegiance to the Queen; they are really pledging allegiance to Britain's ruling elites and it is their duty to enforce the class prejudices that are beneficial to their own way of life."

cosmos uk

May
26
2012

"DWP plans to extend its scheme which forces the long-term unemployed to take unpaid work or lose benefits"

cosmos uk benefits

"The way the Government has implemented and managed the ESA/WCA process is not just a sign of poor judgement or incompetence, it reflects a dogma based on contempt for the sick and disabled, a belief that they are an avoidable drain on society and the sooner they stop it the better. If they will not pull themselves together and sort themselves out, we (the Government) will have to do it for them. "

cosmos uk benefits

"Welcome to the second city of the seventh richest nation on earth, and the sight of desperate people begging for charity at a food bank"

cosmos uk

May
25
2012

"One reason for the sense of solitude felt by Britain's elderly may be long-term underinvestment by local authorities in services that reduce isolation and loneliness, it was argued."

cosmos uk

May
23
2012

"How this will impact upon the process of Work Capability Assessments remains unclear but this validates the calls made by many campaigners and campaign groups who rightfully claim that the Atos conducted WCA is “not fit for purpose”."

cosmos uk benefits atos

"The UK has been voted the worst place to live in Europe for quality of life, according to uSwitch. The high cost of living, later retirement age and lack of holidays have pushed the UK into bottom place, behind Poland, Germany, Ireland and Sweden."

cosmos uk

"In a sign of the government's new benefits regime, which lies at the heart of Duncan Smith's cost-cutting welfare changes, staff in Jobcentre Plus offices will be encouraged to cut the jobseeker's allowance of claimants who reject treatment for addiction."

cosmos uk benefits

May
22
2012

"PRIME Minister David Cameron has announced business-friendly changes to UK employment laws including the reintroduction of slavery."

cosmos uk

""There has been a rise in verbal abuse of disabled people, which is inflamed by comments like these which suggest that people are on the fiddle, when actually they have a higher cost of living. The language used, and the assumption that there is a large level of fraud and abuse will inflame hostility towards disabled people.""

cosmos uk disability benefits

"With emphasis on “failed asylum seekers” and those arriving “in the back of lorries”, research looking at the original nationality of benefits claimants was spun into scaremongering headlines implying criminality amongst what were now British citizens claiming benefits perfectly legally."

cosmos uk benefits

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