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Slide: 03.10.15 Marking the Political Parties The Results of Learning Disability Alliance England's Citizen Jury held before the General Election in May 2015.
Paper: 28.07.15 Spartacus ESA Mythbuster Members of Spartacus Network bust the dangerous myths and misinformation that has grown up around ESA.
Paper: 30.04.15 Quality Checking Government A survey by the Learning Disability Alliance England on the impact of the UK Government on people with learning…
Film: 04.03.15 Who Benefits? Kofi Sampaney, Marvin Blair, Alexander James, Tyrone Paul and Mark Williams made this short documentary to describe…
Film: 01.02.15 What Went Wrong with Welfare Reform? Simon Duffy explores the reality of welfare reform in the UK.
Graphic: 20.08.14 Keys to Citizenship - Love Keys to Citizenship graphic - love is the 7th key to citizenship.
Graphic: 20.08.14 Keys to Citizenship - Life Keys to Citizenship graphic - life is the 6th key to citizenship.
Graphic: 20.08.14 Keys to Citizenship - Help Keys to Citizenship graphic - help is the 5th key to citizenship.
Graphic: 20.08.14 Keys to Citizenship - Home Keys to Citizenship graphic - home is the 4th key to citizenship.
Graphic: 20.08.14 Keys to Citizenship - Money Keys to Citizenship graphic - money is the 3rd key to citizenship.
Graphic: 20.08.14 Keys to Citizenship - Freedom Keys to Citizenship graphic - freedom is the 2nd key to citizenship.
Graphic: 20.08.14 Keys to Citizenship - Purpose Keys to Citizenship graphic - purpose is the 1st key to citizenship.
Film: 20.08.14 The Impact of Welfare Reform Simon Duffy is interviewed by Russia Today (RT) on welfare reform and what it really means for people living in the UK.
Paper: 07.07.14 The Fox Report: From the North East The Fox Report from the North East provides powerful insight into how 'austerity' is being experienced by people in the…
Paper: 02.07.14 Assessing the Assessors Independent research by disabled people on the assessment process which many are forced to undergo - the Work…
Paper: 26.06.14 [R]evolution Road Veena Vasista explores the connections between individual internal change and the journey of creating political,…
Paper: 12.06.14 Fulfilling Potential? In this significant report Catherine Hale explores the experience of a key group of disabled people who have been…
Reviews: 26.05.14 Austerity Bites Mary O'Hara's book describes the many dimensions of 'austerity' and how it is affecting the lives of ordinary people in…
Paper: 14.05.14 The Impact of Cuts in Haringey A report from Haringey Learning Disabilities Partnership Board following a survey on the impact of cuts in Haringey to…
Article: 14.04.14 Next Steps on a Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) Simon Duffy explores the possibility of developing an even more rigorous assessment of how cuts have targeted…
Slide: 11.04.14 Poverty and Welfare Reform A presentation given at the Hallam Justice and Peace Commission in Sheffield on 1st March 2014 by Dr Simon Duffy.
Article: 25.02.14 Spartacus Network Spartacus is a network of sick & disabled people who use social media to highlight the impact of the UK Government's…
Project: 04.01.14 Campaign for a Fair Society A campaign to provide positive alternatives to the UK's austerity programme.
Paper: 03.12.13 How Norms Become Targets Kaliya Franklin analyses the way in which the use of norms in the management of disability assessment (WCA) undermines…
Slide: 02.12.13 Welfare Reform: True or False? What is really going on when politicians talk about welfare reform? Test yourself in this welfare reform quiz.
Paper: 13.11.13 The Impact of Welfare Reforms This report examines the impact of recent welfare reforms on mental health service users in the North East of England.
Paper: 13.11.13 Means Testing in ESA Steve Griffiths explains how the introduction of more means testing in the ESA further damages the lives and families…
Film: 27.10.13 All In This Together This film by Dole Animators captures some of the real experiences people are facing today in the light of recent changes…
Slide: 23.09.13 Christianity and Social Justice: Exploring the Meaning of Welfare Reform This presentation was given to the Archbishop of York and Bishops from the North East of England and Yorkshire.
Article: 22.09.13 The Hidden Housing Subsidy Simon Duffy explains how the artificially low interest rate in the UK acts as an enormous subsidy to the better-off.
Article: 22.09.13 Ten Attacks on Disabled People's Rights Simon Duffy provides an overview of the main strategies being used to undermine the human rights of disabled people in…
Article: 08.07.13 Call for a Cumulative Impact Assessment Catherine Hale shares the text of a letter to her MP calling for her support for the Cumulative Impact Assessment.
Slide: 07.07.13 Briefing for Opposition Day Debate An overview of the cumulative impact of UK government policies on disabled people. Prepared as a briefing for MPs for a…
Story: 01.07.13 The Special People - A Fable This fable is taken from Simon Duffy's book The Unmaking of Man and explores what happens when some people are treated as…
Article: 28.05.13 From the British Welfare State to Just Another American State Mo Stewart argues that the current reforms of the welfare state were inspired by bogus research and the vested…
Slide: 09.04.13 Northern Social Justice Perhaps the future of the welfare state does not lie in the hands of Southern think tanks but of Northern social…
Slide: 08.04.13 The Meaning of Welfare Reform A presentation on the real meaning of welfare reform.
Article: 03.04.13 The Big Society Fails the Hardest Hit Catherine Hale's article explains how a range of UK government policies target disabled people.
Article: 05.02.13 Is It Immoral to Cut Welfare? Dr Simon Duffy tells of his experience on television, the messages he hoped to communicate and the lessons he learned.
Film: 16.01.13 A Fair Society? This short 3 minute film explains how the UK Government's current programme of cuts ends up targeting disabled people.
Slide: 25.11.12 Welfare Reform Impact on Mental Health The UK government's cuts to welfare - known as 'welfare reforms' - will increase levels of mental illness, increase…
Slide: 04.11.12 Personalisation and Cuts Polly Sweeney of Irwin Mitchell has kindly shared some slides on combating the misuse of personalisation in social…
Paper: 24.10.12 Tall Tales About Welfare Reform Ben Baumberg, Kate Bell and Declan Gaffney tackle some of the most common welfare myths.
Paper: 24.10.12 Why Inequality Matters Written by members of My Fair London this paper presents further essential information about income inequality and…
Film: 28.09.12 The UK is Very Unequal The UK is the third most unequal developed country - and this inequality is bad for all of us - it causes many social…
Film: 27.09.12 Poor Commit the Least Fraud A lot of fuss is made about benefit cheats - but few people realise it is the poor who commit the least fraud - it is…
Film: 26.09.12 Cuts Target Disabled and Poor This short film shows how the UK government's spending decisions have targeted disabled people and the poor for cuts.
Film: 25.09.12 The Poor Are Very Poor The popular myth is that there is no real poverty in the UK - however the reality is that the poor are very poor - living on…
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