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Trust and charity deny DWP mental health links, after protesters march on jobcentre

By John Pring on 3rd July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Trust and charity deny DWP mental health links, after protesters march on jobcentre
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An NHS trust and a homelessness charity have failed to dispel concerns that a new centre for mental health services is closely linked to government plans to push people in mental distress off benefits. Scores of protesters marched on a jobcentre […]

Protesters to march on jobcentre over mental health therapy links

By John Pring on 19th June 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Protesters to march on jobcentre over mental health therapy links
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Disabled activists are to hold a protest about a new government scheme that will see mental health therapists installed in a south London jobcentre. Members of the Mental Health Resistance Network (MHRN) are also furious that a new “Living Well Hub”, […]

New money for ‘places of safety’, but ‘more must be done’ to stop discrimination

By John Pring on 22nd May 2015 Category: Human Rights

New money for ‘places of safety’, but ‘more must be done’ to stop discrimination
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Disabled activists have welcomed government plans to reduce the use of police cells as temporary “places of safety” for people detained under the Mental Health Act but have called for ministers to do more to prevent discrimination. Home secretary Theresa May […]

Maximus will face nationwide protests on first day as ‘fitness for work’ provider

By John Pring on 28th February 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Maximus will face nationwide protests on first day as ‘fitness for work’ provider
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The controversial new provider of the government’s “fitness for work” test will be greeted with protests in more than 25 towns and cities across England, Scotland and Wales as it starts to deliver assessments for the first time. The day of […]

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