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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Scrapping Atos: Interview with 10,000 Cuts and Counting

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10,000 Cuts: Dean of St Paul's led act of remembrance for victims of cuts

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The Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, David Ison, has lead prayers at a multifaith act of remembrance for people who have died or suffered as ...

NHS faces 'gravest crisis in its history'

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Speaking today (Sunday 29 September 2013) at the Save Our NHS rally in Manchester, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady will tell ...

DPAC Report – Work Capability Assessment

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While New Labour are urging the condemns to sack Atos, let’s not lose sight of the real issue-that is that the WCA is not fit for purpose...

Gitmo Victim To Sue British Intelligence For War Crimes

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‘Shaker Aamer, the last British detainee still being held at Guantanamo bay is set to sue British intelligence agencies for torture an...

Alan Moore on ‘V for Vendetta’

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Reblogged from Beastrabban\'s Weblog: Mike over on Vox Political is, if you hadn’t already guessed, a long term comics fan. He’...

Capita, Serco, G4S, gov't & the rise of electronic tagging

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Reblogged from Kate Belgrave: "Does the government fancy a future where it can tag people who claim benefits – and sanction anyone wh...

Councils using zero hours, casual staff and the work programme

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Reblogged from Kate Belgrave: This post lists the results of an FOI I recently sent to councils to get a rough idea of how many people c...

Sanction busting: appealing Work Programme sanctions

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Martin Williams discusses the legal and practical issues involved in challenging decisions which impose a sanction on JSA for failure t...

Jobcentre meltdown and bans. What a mess.

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Reblogged from  Kate Belgrave : It’s hardly surprising to hear that the tension is bad at jobcentres. Lengthy and ridiculous benefit...

Tories get free public transport during conference

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All delegates at the Conservative party conference in Manchester will get free tram, train and bus travel throughout the region. They ...

Scots faces humanitarian disaster due to rocketing prices, declining wages and brutal cuts

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RECORD View says no place for poverty in modern Scotland. POVERTY in Scotland has reached the level of a humanitarian disaster. The...

Leading charities unite to avert humanitarian crisis

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The drastic move is usually reserved for international conflicts and natural disasters. Children living in poverty stricken areas fac...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

The land of do-as-you-please (if you're a Tory minister)

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Reblogged from Vox Political: The Tory Faraway Tree: By the power of very bad image editing, David Cameron, Iain (RTU) Smith and Gra...

A4E Fraud Charges as Work Programme Collapses

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Reblogged from Ipswich Unemployed Action: The Crown Prosecution Service announces, Sue Patten, Head of Fraud at the Crown Prosecu...

10,000 cuts and counting by Linda Burnip

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Just less than 3 years ago disabled people marched at the Tory party conference to protest against austerity cuts using the slogan CUTS ...