Welfare Reform Debate
WELFARE REFORM – REDRESS FOR THE DISABLED Just wondered how many had watched the welfare reform debate in the House
Month: September 2011
Unum’s Game Plan
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‘Steep’ drop in public confidence in MPs, says watchdog
Public confidence in MPs fell steeply between 2008 and 2010, research by the standards watchdog has suggested. The percentage of
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The Secret People by G.K. Chesterton ll with thanks to Mr. Jeremy M.T. Sutcliffe
“They have given us into the hand of new unhappy lords,Lords without anger or honour, who dare not carry their
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Nick Clegg’s dose of blue paint – By Stuart Rodger 14th September 2011
Well done Stuart! Like myself, Stuart was active in the Take Back Parliament Edinburgh campaign for full proportional representation and
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Monthly benefit payments ‘could drive families into arms of loan sharks’
PLANS to make benefit payments monthly risk driving families into the arms of loan sharks, ministers were warned yesterday. Iain
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Hansard: House of Lords 13 Sep 2011 Welfare Reform Bill Second Reading – Transcript
Welfare Reform Bill Second Reading 3.11 pm Moved By Lord Freud That the Bill be read a second time. The Parliamentary
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Welfare Reform Bill: what next? September 13th, 2011ll Posted in ‘Tentacles of Doom’ ll By Latentexistence
Welfare Reform Bill: what next? Today I watched the second reading of the Welfare Reform Bill in the House of
Let Him Die? By Josh Dorner on Sep 13, 2011 ll The Progress Report
Will the 2012 Candidates Maintain Their Silence About Tea Party Extremists? If you watched last night’s GOP presidential debate, you
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The Cult of Death – Tuesday 13 September 2011 by: William Rivers Pitt, Truthout | Op-Ed
Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren,
So-Called Minister “FOR” Disabled People Maria Miller hails Work Programme and Paralympian ‘Success’ stories as the real solutions to problem of disability hate crime
NOW you too can be a high-achieving Uber-crip! Stop whingeing, pull yourself together and stop expecting the state to look
Tales of bullying and abuse ‘prove authorities have failed disabled’ By Nina Lakhani 12/9/11
Tales of bullying and abuse ‘prove authorities have failed disabled’ By Nina Lakhani The Independent, Monday, 12 September 2011 Victims
UK Human Rights Blog – ‘Inquiry into disability-related harassment reports’ – 13/9/2011 by Adam Wagner (1 Crown Office Row Chambers)
Rights Commission has published Hidden in plain sight, a report into disability-related harassment and how well this is currently being addressed by public authorities.
EHRC in Scotland on Disability Hate Crime: “The issue is ‘hiding in plain sight’ because, as a society, we have failed to recognise the nature and scale of the problem.”
Abuse of the disabled ‘hides in plain sight’ Published Date: 12 September 2011 The Scotsman By ALASTAIR DALTON DISABLED people
‘Hate crime’ fear for York’s disabled – 13/9/11
Tuesday 13th September 2011 By Dan Bean »Reporter A DISABILITY campaigner from York has spoken out after a national report
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100,000 disabled people in Wales were victims of disability hate crime in 2009/10
Bid to tackle ‘routine’ disability hate crime in Wales Simon Green presented a documentary about the abuse disabled people suffer
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As disability benefits are attacked, police investigations into crimes against disabled people are permeated by doubt – we must act … Continue reading
House of Lords – Second Reading of The Welfare Reform Bill – Live @ 3.30 PM Here
Watch the second reading of the Welfare Reform Bill in the House of Lords here live at 3.30 PM
Disabled staff occupy DWP
Remploy workers were in occupying offices of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in London when the Morning Star
Party will not be allowed to consider or vote on any specific motion regarding the bill due before the Lords later this autumn … Continue reading