Monthly Archives: April 2014

Originally posted on UNEMPLOYED IN TYNE & WEAR:
> You might find these extracts from the PCS union website of interest regarding the latest ‘Help To Work‘ nonsense…. This circular provides an update on the new increased conditionality regime from…

Originally posted on Pride's Purge:
(satire?) 1970s children’s television presenter and actor Keith Chegwin has announced he will not stand in the Newark byelection, saying his candidature would be a distraction as European elections approach. The byelection has been caused by the…

Originally posted on kickingthecat:
Petition | Sack Iain Duncan smith or make him resign for the millions of taxpayers pounds he has wasted. | Change.org

Originally posted on kickingthecat:
ESA NEWS Benefits and Work has obtained documents via the Freedom of Information Act that may undermine claims by Atos that its staff were the subject of nearly two thousand episodes of assault or abuse, including…

Originally posted on The lovely wibbly wobbly old lady:
Reblogged from Black Triangle She calls it: “Heartbreaking, truly astonishing, I’ve never seen anything like this.” Emma Cross is a senior Macmillan Cancer Support benefits adviser, and she says delays in…

Originally posted on Paul Bernal's Blog:
Mr Bigot was very brave. And Mr Bigot was not like any other politician. Oh no. He was quite different. He was going about his normal business – drinking beer, smoking cigarettes, persuading…

Originally posted on Beastrabban\'s Weblog:
I found this linked to on Ian Bone’s webpage. It’s Suzanne Moore’s review of Selina Todd’s history of the working class, The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010 in the…

Originally posted on The Evening Harold:
Edits to a Wikipedia page that described Nick Clegg as ‘funny, bright, and full of testosterone’ have been tracked to a government PC, his. The changes which included lines saying he was ‘well respected…

Originally posted on Beastrabban\'s Weblog:
Jess has also posted this comment, reporting Searchlight’s coverage of UKIP’s party conference, at which the leader of the Institute of Economic Affairs, recommended further attacks on state welfare spending: ‘I should have picked…

Originally posted on Campaign4Change:
By Tony Collins An information tribunal judge has unexpectedly refused consent for the Department of Work and Pensions to appeal his ruling that four reports on the Universal Credit programme be published. The ruling undermines…