Daniel Pryor highlights the gross hypocrisy of the Labour Party in light of today’s Backbencher report on ATOS.
Today’s Backbencher report on ATOS is a damning indictment of the Labour Party. It shows that the last Labour government awarded the much-maligned private IT services firm the contract to carry out work capability assessments on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions. ATOS has repeatedly come under heavy criticism – largely from left-wing media commentators and Labour MPs – for their perceived incompetence and poor value for money. Regardless of the truth behind such criticisms, it is time for Labour to come clean and admit that ATOS Healthcare is, for better or worse, their own creation.
The Labour Party should, if it believes ATOS to be responsible for preventable deaths of the sick and disabled, make an unreserved apology to the electorate for hiring the firm in the first place. Media commentators and disability rights activists should make it clear that they think the Labour Party made the wrong decision. We should all be more mindful of the rank hypocrisy that is continually displayed by so many of this nation’s politicians.
[…] NHS, education and air traffic control, taking billions of pounds away from the NHS using PFIs, introducing ATOS (which the Tories use to target those who are disabled with discrimination and […]
[…] the time, but was not afraid of taking billions of pounds away from the NHS using PFIs. They also introduced ATOS, which we all know is now a tool used by the Tories to target those who are disabled with […]
[…] pounds away from the NHS using PFIs (even Jeremy Corbyn acknowledges it is a mess). They also introduced ATOS, which we all know is now a tool used by the Tories to target those who are disabled. So naturally, […]
[…] Labour. Things such as the Spare Room Subsidy (or “Bedroom Tax” as they call it) + the ATOS assessments for disabled people that got too many pukka claimants for benefits caught up in the cross-fire in […]
Atos only turned evil under the tories when they introduced tougher checks and forced people to get reassessed. Blaming Labour for this is like blaming a fork manufacturer because someone stuck one into your arm.
I have had my money stopped for nearly 1year because atos demanded I go for medical 30 miles away. I complained and also got my local labour mp involved . I just received a letter apologising saying they were at fault. I have been close to suicide from the horrible treatment from this place and their workers and the way they speak to you. Living with no income for nearly 1 year is bad, but to be talked to like your scum and a sponger is wrong. To be punished by a company for being unable to function due to my disability is also wrong .
[…] NHS, education and air traffic control, taking billions of pounds away from the NHS using PFIs, introducing ATOS (which the Tories use to target those who are disabled with discrimination and […]
[…] the time, but was not afraid of taking billions of pounds away from the NHS using PFIs. They also introduced ATOS, which we all know is now a tool used by the Tories to target those who are disabled with […]
[…] pounds away from the NHS using PFIs (even Jeremy Corbyn acknowledges it is a mess). They also introduced ATOS, which we all know is now a tool used by the Tories to target those who are disabled. So naturally, […]
[…] Labour. Things such as the Spare Room Subsidy (or “Bedroom Tax” as they call it) + the ATOS assessments for disabled people that got too many pukka claimants for benefits caught up in the cross-fire in […]
Atos only turned evil under the tories when they introduced tougher checks and forced people to get reassessed. Blaming Labour for this is like blaming a fork manufacturer because someone stuck one into your arm.
I have had my money stopped for nearly 1year because atos demanded I go for medical 30 miles away. I complained and also got my local labour mp involved . I just received a letter apologising saying they were at fault. I have been close to suicide from the horrible treatment from this place and their workers and the way they speak to you. Living with no income for nearly 1 year is bad, but to be talked to like your scum and a sponger is wrong. To be punished by a company for being unable to function due to my disability is also wrong .
Can I ask what you disability is please?