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Tory rag revives ‘benefit scrounger’ lie to smooth over DWP’s bad publicity

The state of this: This Writer suspects that the editors of The Sun have run this story because the Department for …Continue reading →

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Benefits restored to disabled gran who tried suicide after being told she was...

A happy ending for a change – the DWP really is losing its touch. Normally, we would be reading about …Continue reading →

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Half of mental health sufferers have had their benefits slashed after...

The statistics are damning. The people who have lost benefits after being forced to claim Personal Independence Payment didn’t do …Continue reading →

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“I got sanctioned nine months altogether – sanctioned, sanctioned,...

Terry was an ex-heroin and crack addict who’d recently done time in Risley for burglary. He said that he’d been …Continue reading →

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The 3.3 million women “pensioners” who can’t get a penny from Theresa May |...

The movie is on Mr Hencke’s website (link below the extract). It features a contribution from film-maker Ken Loach, whose I, …Continue reading →

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Why did the Department of Health fail to highlight the increased risk of...

There can only be one answer: The Department of Health doesn’t have a good enough excuse. If there had been …Continue reading →

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Labour forces vote demanding equality impact assessment of Tory economic...

For information: Labour has secured a vote to force the Government to assess the impact of social security changes and …Continue reading →

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Watch Jeremy Corbyn’s speech attacking Tory Brexit as a ‘race to the bottom’

This is rousing material from Jeremy Corbyn: The @Conservatives​ want to use Brexit to rip up rights at work and …Continue reading →

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It’s David Gauke and the government that need to change their behaviours, not...

The state of this: We have been over this ground time and time again. The Tories are misusing ‘nudge’ theory …Continue reading →

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Incontinent cancer survivor forced to “re-use baby nappies” is a sign of...

The estimable Peter Stefanovic has suggested that “when Benefit cuts force an incontinent cancer survivor to ‘re-use nappies’ you know …Continue reading →

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Court orders Atos to pay disabled woman a derisory £5,000 over dishonest PIP...

Only £5,000? This was an opportunity to make an example of those who have been abusing the disability benefit system …Continue reading →

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Don’t get your hopes up too soon – another lost court case is nothing to a...

We’ve been here before. Once again, a Conservative government has lost a major court case involving disabled benefit claimants – …Continue reading →

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Another lying minister: Sarah Newton fails to back measures to protect...

If a government minister says she has accepted all recommendations in an independent review, then it turns out that two …Continue reading →

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Tory policies are intentionally worsening the strain on the health service –...

The evidence is conclusive, wouldn’t you say? We know that Conservative policies have caused a regression in the nation’s health, …Continue reading →

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Conservatives run up other people’s bills – unlike socialists, who always pay...

Yes – the headline paraphrases the late, unlamented Margaret Thatcher, but reverses her claim in the name of accuracy. Here’s …Continue reading →

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Universal Credit is not only an all-out attack on the poor – it penalises...

What a divided land our once-United Kingdom has become. We already know that Universal Credit is hugely harmful to those …Continue reading →

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The Tory benefits racket that cheats the poor and pushes them to self-harm

Remember this, next time you see crocodile tears in Parliament from the likes of Tory backbencher Heidi Allen, who weeps …Continue reading →

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300,000 jobless Britons are not claiming benefits – and the government likes...

The Resolution Foundation is right to highlight this – but wrong to expect anything to be done about it. Governments …Continue reading →

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Where have all the benefit claimants gone?

This is a question that deserves an answer – and a properly-researched, evidenced one at that. For those who find …Continue reading →

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Insanity: One in three Brits still don’t know what Universal Credit actually is

This is posted in absolute flabbergasted astonishment. But the fact that a third of the UK’s population don’t seem to …Continue reading →

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