Tag Archives: Disabled People Against the Cuts

Unions come together to protest against the council’s cuts

Posted on November 19, 2021 by insidecroydon

By DAVID WHITE The campaign against cuts by Croydon Council has stepped up a gear after members of the three largest unions representing council workers in the borough – Unite, Unison and GMB – yesterday held a demonstration outside the … Continue reading →

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Labour council benefit cuts will hit 20,000 ‘horrendously’

Posted on October 19, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Axing Council Tax support will affect 20,000 of the borough’s poor and disabled, with ‘devastating consequences’. By STEVEN DOWNES The Labour leadership of Croydon’s cash-strapped council last night voted in favour of drastic cuts to the borough’s … Continue reading →

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Disabled resident’s harrowing plea: ‘I don’t want to be in here’

Posted on May 26, 2021 by insidecroydon

After a decade of complaints and media exposés, living conditions endured in council temporary accommodation in Thornton Heath remain a scandal. By STEVEN DOWNES Gilroy Court, the budget hotel in Thornton Heath which Croydon and other councils use for temporary … Continue reading →

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DWP drops plans for ‘cruel’ A23 benefits assessment centre

Posted on April 25, 2019 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on a remarkable result in a David v Goliath contest Labour councillors in Waddon were today celebrating victory with disability campaigners, after they managed to halt plans by the Department of Work and Pensions … Continue reading →

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Disability campaigner’s letters to Tory MPs have been ignored

Posted on April 2, 2016 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Two of Croydon’s MPs voted for cuts in disability benefits, and one then claimed credit when the changes to PIP were dropped. PETER ROGERS, an organiser of charity fund-raising events, has written to both MPs asking for an … Continue reading →

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Protest group: ‘We must never give a foothold to the Nazis’

Posted on August 31, 2015 by insidecroydon

By Stephen Aselford, chair of Croydon DPAC On September 5, Croydon Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) will be protesting alongside local trade unions and anti-fascists against the BNP coming to Croydon. Standing up to racism and fascism is a key … Continue reading →

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