Disability activists across the UK are launching a month-long ‘Festive Action Against ATOS and Benefit Cuts’ from today.

The month of actions and demonstrations kick off today with a protest at LSE university where cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith will give a speech in the evening.

The activists say:

With thousands to face homelessness in the New Year due to housing benefit cuts, the harassment and further impoverishment of hundreds of thousands of disabled people due to punitive ‘assessments’, the continued persecution of people on sickness benefits, soaring unemployment and forced labour in the name of Workfare, a truly Victorian Christmas is on the cards for millions of us.

The Welfare Reform Bill will see millions of disabled people forced into a similar, if not identical, testing regime for the new Personal Independence Payment that has tragically led to suicides amongst people already forced to undertake Atos’ Work Capability Assessments

On 3rd December disability activists will protest against the disability assessment company ATOS outside the Paralympic Test Event.

There is anger at allowing ATOS to sponsor the Paralympics

See the facebook page for more details.

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