Monthly Archives: July 2018

Universal Credit disabled claimants win compensation

Originally posted on WinVisible:
We’re relieved that the two disabled men have won compensation for pain and suffering from the loss of Income Support severe disability premiums.  We heard in court that there could be 4,000 others in a similar…

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UC Claimants Win Damages After Unlawful Discrimination

Originally posted on Same Difference:
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Tuesday Roundup: News on Supreme Court, Climate, Tariffs, Manafort, Koch Brothers, and Russian selloff

Originally posted on The Secular Jurist:
By Robert A. Vella There’s lots of important news to get to today, so let’s get right to it. From:  Trump administration must stop giving psychotropic drugs to migrant children without consent, judge rules…

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Still Grenfell-type flammable cladding all over Britain

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
https://youtu.be/GnyWKWRisjA This 24 June 2017 video from Britain is called Arconic knowingly supplied flammable panels for use in Grenfell Tower London. By Margot Miller in Britain: Hundreds of residential tower blocks still covered…

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Universal credit claimants unlawfully discriminated against win five-figure damages — Govt Newspeak

ORK and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey must pay damages to two severely disabled men who lost £170 a month when they were moved onto universal credit (UC). The pair will be paid a total of just over £11,000 to compensate … Continue reading

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Sisters Turn Wheelchairs Into Artworks — Same Difference

Izzy Keane was born with spina bifida, and when she was a child, used to decorate her wheelchair for special occasions. Her sister Ailbhe, an art student, later designed a funky wheelchair cover for Izzy as part of a college … Continue reading

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Sky Poll: 78 Per Cent Think Government Doing Bad Job on Brexit

Originally posted on Beastrabban\'s Weblog:
This is a very short video from RT, citing a poll by Sky showing that only 10 per cent think May is doing a good job about Brexit. A massive 78 per cent believe…

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United States fat cats richer than ever after Trump’s tax cuts

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
https://youtu.be/fm6mn9p2g18 This 30 July 2018 video from the USA says about itself: BREAKING: Trump Planning MORE Tax Cuts For The Rich Trump wants to bypass congress for another billionaire tax cut. Cenk Uygur…

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Thousands of Migrant Children Sexually Abused to ‘Pay’ for Italy-France Border Crossing — Citizens, not serfs

Originally posted on Tales from the Conspiratum: Human behavior is disgusting. We still are primitive primates that don’t use our gift of thinking and compassion Migrants wait to disembark in the Sicilian harbour of Catania, Italy, May 28, 2016. | … Continue reading

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Further increases in public support for benefit claimants — Inequalities

We’ve reached high summer, and this means intense heat, test cricket – and the latest installment of the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey, our bible for showing how our attitudes have been changing. As ever, I like to review trends … Continue reading

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