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A new study into the PACE Trials’ original research was published yesterday.

These findings raise serious concerns about the robustness of the claims made about the efficacy of CBT and GET. The modest treatment effects obtained on self-report measures in the PACE trial do not exceed what could be reasonably accounted for by participant reporting biases.

https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com ... 018-0218-3

The PACE Trials were a study into treatment for people ...

Hello all,

Please sign the petition which will go to parliament to get fibromyalgia recognised as a disability as is the case in USA, Australia and NI.

Thanks

https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliament- ... m=copylink

From Thomson Reuters

The U.N. committee’s chairwoman Theresia Degener has described the situation in Britain as a “human catastrophe”.

“The austerity measures that they have taken – they are affecting half a million people, each disabled person is losing between 2,000 and 3,000 pounds per year, people are pushed into work situations without being recognised as vulnerable, and the evidence that we had in front of us was just overwhelming,” she said.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/105058

Petition: Have better understanding and recognition of fibromyalgia within DWP processes

Currently DWP processes do not consider nor understand the chronicity of fibromyalgia on daily living and in turn the impact on ability to sustain work. At present cases are not being assessed by professionals that are fully trained and knowledgable of how fibromyalgia affects daily living.

As a result many are being refused the opportunity to be assessed if an assessment is missed ...

Previously, one person in every household was responsible for registering everyone else who lives at that address. Under individual electoral registration, each person is now required to register to vote individually, rather than by household. There are fears many students may be excluded who have a low enough turnout as it is.

https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

What is the real motive behind individual voter registration?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... tive-party ...

I hope this is the right place to be putting this petition that I signed via an organisation I am part of where petitions are regularly started by people who are desperate to change things and as this one is about Fibromylgia I thought everyone would be interested in signing it!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/696/641/ ... edirectID=

Hoping this works and we can do something to change to help us all!

Regards, ...

This government appears to engaged in a serious attack on the disabled. Stand up for your rights, fight back, no better place than the polling booth.

From the trending hashtag #Cameronmustgo

I often think people are confused by rhetoric and debates and are influenced by personalities. Politicians are also often sufficiently vague in an attempt to capture as much of the vote as possible.

This questionnaire asks a number of multiple choice questions about your orientations and beliefs, then determines how left or right, or authoritarian or libertarian you are on a graph called the political compass here.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

You ...

Hi everyone

I have attached a write up about the bedroom tax, at the bottom of this you can sign against it, on November 12th Labour will try to get this over turned in parliament.

Have a read and sign if you agree.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bedroom-tax-discriminates-against-disabled-2679229

Please sign the petitions if you agree

https://submissions.epetitions.direct.g ... ions/51836

Please google Remove Atos and you'll find a few petitions about removing atos from different organizations.

Thank you all.