The Welfare Reform Bill and the House of Lords: Disabled people sold down the river again by a supine opposition – Black Triangle Campaign update
Many of us took great hope from the resistance that was shown in the House of Lords in recent weeks.
Many of us took great hope from the resistance that was shown in the House of Lords in recent weeks.
Mental health groups and charities attack plans drawn up by Department for Work and Pensions … Continue reading
By Alex Stevenson of Politics.co.uk Ministers have vowed to press ahead with their ‘bedroom tax’ on under-occupied council housing, after
Continue readingCoalition won’t budge despite ‘bedroom tax’ defeat
15 February 2012 The Welfare Reform Bill returned to the House of Lords for consideration of amendments (ping pong) yesterday (Tuesday 14
Continue readingWelfare Reform ‘Ping-Pong’ Debate Hansard Tuesday 14th February 2012
Peers’ move to demand government drops ‘spare bedroom tax’ forces Commons to address issue again … Continue reading
By John McArdle THIS afternoon, at half past two, the Lords will reassemble in the chamber of the House
The Coalition is pressing on with its reforms to the UK benefits system – and among those affected are disabled
Continue readingThe human cost of the Welfare Reform Bill – DPAC attacks Tory MP
By Alex Stevenson Reading this blogpost is going to be a painful experience for opponents of the government’s welfare
Continue readingWelfare reform: Don’t expect much fight from the Lords
The following is a briefing statement prepared by the Black Triangle Campaign with the support of Disabled People Against Cuts
This paper was originally published by UCL’s Constitution Unit on 3rd February 2012. The Unit is the UK’s leading
Stuart White, 7 February 2012 ‘…the worst thing that can happen to one in the relations between man and man,’
Continue readingLiberty is at stake: Commons, Lords and the Welfare Reform Bill
By Alex Stevenson Commons officials have been explaining today the rules surrounding financial privilege – an assertion of the Commons’
Continue readingIt’s not necessarily game over for welfare reform resistance, after all
Yesterday’s post was a bit angry. Death has that effect on people. So we’ve replaced it with this today –
Continue readingIf I can’t make a difference – I WILL RESIST YOU! (PG)
David Cameron’s cuts have barely got going yet. That’s the frightening truth about austerity … Continue reading
The government used a rare parliamentary procedure to overturn seven key Lords amendments to its welfare reform bill